Prof. Dr. Michael Bernays

Life-size hipster. Body in front view, head in half profile to the left. The arms underneath and three fingers visible from the left. The bushy dark mustache falls over his upper lip, behind his ears protruding long hair. Light from the left. Yellowish brown complexion. Collar, tie and shirt breast white. Black hair, black skirt, brawny background. Inscribed in the upper right: F. Lenbach. [...] Acquired 1908 in Munich.

source: heinemann.gnm.de/de/kunstwerk-6499.htm; Carl von Bertrab (Bearb.): Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde in der Sammlung Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Frankfurt a.M. 1912.