拍品專文
The sitter is possibly Gustav Freytag (1816-1895), the author and member of the National Liberal Party, who was a friend of the artist. Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857-1891), who was tutored by Menzel during the former's stay in Berlin, made two etchings of the sitter (see M. Lehrs, Karl Stauffer-Bern. Ein Verzeichnis seiner Radierungen und Stiche, Dresden, 1907, nos. 30 and 32).