Art, literature & historySketch for "Perseus' (Hercules') Last Duty"
1946
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink on paper with printed lines
- Dimensions
- overall: 26.3 x 20.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.18.6
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Sketch for "Perseus' (Hercules') Last Duty" — Max Beckmann. 1946.
Medium: pen and black ink on paper with printed lines.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 26.3 x 20.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.18.6. Given in memory of Frederick Zimmermann by his wife, Dorothy Zimmermann.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.