Philosopher (from the series On Death II)

1898–1910

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 19 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (49.5 × 33.8 cm) Sheet: 21 15/16 × 15 13/16 in. (55.8 × 40.1 cm)
Collection no.: 52.586.2(3)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Max Klinger. Philosopher (from the series On Death II). Max Klinger; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland, 1952. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Philosopher (from the series On Death II) — Max Klinger. 1898–1910.

Medium: Etching and aquatint. Dimensions: Plate: 19 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (49.5 × 33.8 cm) Sheet: 21 15/16 × 15 13/16 in. (55.8 × 40.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland, 1952.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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