Menzel Study of a man with a ruff collar

Adolph von Menzel

What you practise here

Menzel: head with ruff, painted from life

Start from the skull as a ball, place the brow line and the centre line, then check the thirds of the face before any detail. Compare angles, not features.

Public-domain artwork from a museum collection, reproduced for study. 100% real art — 0% AI.

Other artworks to study

Adolph Menzel - Figurenstudie (1872) Adolph von Menzel Aufgestützte Hand Adolph von Menzel Modellstudien nach einem auf dem Bauch liegenden Mädchen Bust of a Woman, Seen from Behind Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below Two Studies of a Right Hand LACMA M.2003.75