Portrait, bust, half profile, view to the left; on the back of the canvas: "Dr. Joh. Christian Stark Geh. Hofr. ath u. Leibarzt Prof. der Chirurgie u. Geburtshilfe 1ter Direktor der med. chir. Clinic in Jena. +24 Dec. 1837" (ink).
Provenance
acquired by the Goethe National Museum Weimar, on 5 July 1942 from Max Sternau, Erfurt;
identified as cultural property confiscated as a result of persecution, damaged party: Max Sternau
