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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.494
People
Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish (Antwerp 1570 - 1629 Prague)
Previously attributed to Monogrammist W.B., German (17th century)
Previously attributed to Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish (Antwerp 1570 - 1629 Prague)
Title
Allegory of the Battle of White Mountain
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295650

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on two pieces of antique laid paper, joined vertically and prepared with ochre wash, framing line in black ink
Dimensions
19.9 x 39.9 cm (7 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: eagle (?)
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 44.W.B.f 905 / Amling
  • collector's mark: lower right, blue-green ink stamp: L. 2237 (Carl Rolas du Rusey)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Rolas du Rosey, Dresden (L. 2237, lower right), his sale; [Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig, 5 September 1864, lot 5030 (as Carl Gustav Amling). Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, Larchmont, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. John H. Steiner
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.494
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North...", Central European History (March 1985), vol. 18, checklist, p. 86
  • Michal Sronek and Jaroslava Hausenblasová, "Gloria et Miseria 1618-1648: Prague during the Thirty Years War", Gallery (Prague, 1998), fig. 229, repr. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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