Lot Essay
Professor Dr Helmut Börsch-Supan has confirmed the attribution to Schadow in a letter dated 2 September 2003 noting that the drawing is related to Schadow's painting of Saint Barbara made in 1844, sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 19-21 November 1981, lot 585, and now in the Clemens-Sels-Museum in Neuß.