Conrad Martin Metz 18th.Century Wash Drawing The Penitent Magdalene 1786 Sculpture Study of an elegant female

Study of an elegant female wearing an evening gown

Once the two institutions had merged to form the Royal Scottish Academy in 1829

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a celebrated beauty she married the gentleman-amateur artist and protege of Fuseli William Lock in 1800

Conrad Martin Metz 18th.Century Wash Drawing The Penitent Magdalene 1786 Sculpture Study of an elegant femaleConrad Martin Metz 1749 1827. German School 18th. Century. Penitent Magdalene. Pen, charcoal, ink and wash drawing. Signed with initials lower left and dated 1786. 28 x 43 cms. Provenance: With Thomas Agnew London. Circa. 1972. Metz was born at Bonn, the son of the painter Johann Metz, he moved to London in 1781 to study at the Royal Academy Schools where he became a protg of the celebrated engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. It was under his tutelage that