Gabriel von Max
Study for Oberon
circa 1869
brush drawing in black, over pencil, with gray wash, on paper
20,5 x 16,3 cm
signed and titled in pencil lower left: "G. Max, Oberon"
collector's stamp on verso: monogram "B" (not in Lugt)
mounted in passe-partout
The Daulton Collection
This drawing is a very rough study or sketch for one of the illustrations in: Christoph Martin Wieland, Oberon. Ein romantisches Heldengedicht in zwölf Gesängen (Leipzig: Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung, 1869). The publication contains wood engravings after a number of drawings by Gabriel Max.
