Caption

Portrait of Józef Pilsudski, by Józef Mehoffer 1869–1946, half-length drawing of Marshal Józef Pilsudski 1867–1935 with folded hands, made in 1921 in the Belweder Palace corner room., A charcoal or pencil sketch on a pale beige or off-white sheet shows a seated man from the waist up wearing a high-collared uniform with buttons and medals on his chest; he has dark hair and a prominent dark mustache, a composed facial expression, and his arms are folded with his hands resting in front of him. The drawing surface is framed by a rough fabric border with visible frayed edges and stitching in light beige and off-white tones, and the sketching marks vary from soft gray to darker black strokes against the light background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_288

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.2Mb (4.8Mb) / 15.8in x 20.0in / 4733 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Józef Pilsudski Józef Mehoffer 1869–1946 half-length drawing Marshal Józef Pilsudski 1867–1935 folded hands 1921 Belweder Palace corner room charcoal pencil sketch pale beige off-white sheet seated man waist up wearing high-collared uniform buttons medals chest dark hair prominent dark mustache composed facial expression arms folded hands resting front drawing surface framed rough fabric border visible frayed edges stitching light beige off-white tones sketching marks vary soft gray darker black strokes light background.