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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.78
People
Workshop of Hans Baldung Grien, German (1484/5 - 1545)
Title
A Man Standing by a Heraldic Shield
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, gray wash and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 23.7 x 20.8 cm (9 5/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed in red chalk: V [in center of heraldic shield]; V [in center of the void under the left archway]; R [in center of cape draped over man's right shoulder]. Monogrammed in lower left corner in brown ink, -HBG- [by Sebald Büheler; see "Notes")].

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Hans Baldung.
Nicolaus[?] Kremer. Kremer, a student of Baldung's active in Strasbourg, purchased the contents of Baldung's studio from the artist's widow.
Sebald Büheler, Strasbourg. See "Notes" for information on Büheler. Büheler inherited Baldung's estate through his brother-in-law, Nicolaus Kremer, although we can't be sure that this drawing came from the estate via Kremer (see Detroit, 1983, p. 51).
Unidentified Owner, acquired from anonymous gentleman, sold through auction at Christie's, New York, 1994. Sale date: Jan. 11, 1994
Christie's, New York, sold at auction, 1994. Sale, January 11, 1994, lot 376, repr.
Vermeer Associates Limited, acquired from Christie's, New York. on long-term loan to HUAM, 1994

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Suzanne and Alan Dworsky
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.78
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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