Artist/Maker
Robert Eberhard Schmidt von der Launitz
Four Studies of a Skull
1885
Black ink on paper
Overall: 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. ( 26.7 x 20.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Gift of Mrs. Helen Adams
1945.604
George I. Mortimer, grandfather of the donor, was apprenticed to the sculptor Robert F. Launitz and, according to the family, worked with Launitz on scupltured lions for the later Sub-Treasury Building on Wall Street, New York City.
Markingsinscription: lower center, ink: "Pen and Ink/Sketch by/Robt E. Launitz/Sculpt/Presented to Dr. Wm. G. Mortimer. by Geo. T. Mortimer/Sept.20, 1885"
InscribedInscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Pen and Ink / Sketch by / Robert. E. Launitz / sculptr. / presented to Dr Wm. G. Mortimer, by Geo T. Mortimer / Sept. 20, 1885"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Anne-Marguérite-Joséphine-Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville
1800–1805
1953.810c
Rufus Alexander Grider
1888
1907.36.105
