MAX LIEBERMANN Signed Charcoal Drawing German

MAX LIEBERMANN 1847-1935
1847 - Berlin - 1935 (German)
Title: Figure Study of Paul with the Serpent before the Maltese | Figurstudie für Paulus mit der Schlange vor den Maltesern, ca. 1898
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Charcoal Drawing on Paper
Size: 41 x 31cm. / 16.1 x 12.2 in.
Additional Information: This drawing is hand signed in black pencil "MLiebermann" at the lower right corner.
It was realized in circa 1898.
Note: This is a preparatory drawing for the the subject's inclusion in a 1901 illustrated Bible.
The scene depicts a crowd on the isle of Malta watching a frightened Paul shaking off into the fire the poisonous snake which had bit him.
Provenance:
Hauswedell: Graphik, Handzeichnungen, Bilder, Plastik, Auktion 113, Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg 2.6.1962, Nr. 761: "Zwei Figurenstudien: Jude im Kaftan"
Private collection, Israel
The authenticity of this work has been kindly confirmed by Dr. Margreet Nouwen from the Max Liebermann Archive, Berlin.
Condition: Very good condition. Soft creasing at the sheet edges. Slight waviness to the sheet and with minor toning.