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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.76
People
Michael Willmann, German (Königsberg 1630 - 1706 Leubus)
Title
Vice Receives Its Just Punishment (or Mars and Venus Caught in Adultery)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185501

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and brown ink, gray wash, black chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
40.1 x 33.7 cm (15 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center, brown ink, in artist's hand: untugen bekomb / ihren Verdinten lohn / mar venus / gefangen
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Joh. Gg. Bergmüller 1688-1762 / Huber[?]
  • inscription: small figure, center, gray ink, in artist's hand: NB+
  • inscription: figure of Zeus, left center, gray ink, in artist's hand: NB+
  • inscription: figure at left center, black ink, in artist's hand: mar[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C.G. Boerner, LLC (NY), New York, sold to Vermeer Associates, 2000.
Vermeer Associates Limited, acquired from C. G. Boerner, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Stephan Wolohojian
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.76
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franz Wagner, Michael Willmann (1630-1706): Studien zu seinem Werk, exh. cat., Residenzgalerie Salzburg/Nationalmuseum Breslau (Salzburg/Breslau, 1994), pp. 155-156, 160, fig. 61

Exhibition History

  • German Drawings 1600-1900, C. G. Boerner LLC, New York, 01/25/2000 - 02/26/2000

Verification Level

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