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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.77
People
Jörg Breu the Elder, German (c. 1475 - 1537)
Title
Landscape with a Town
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298771

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.1 × 30.5 cm (7 1/2 × 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: high crown surmounted by a cross (similar to Briquet 4924 and 4953; Mongan-Sachs W. 39)
  • inscription: center foreground: P

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary Woodard Reinhardt, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.77
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anita V. Davis, "A Drawing by Jörg Breu", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (November 1938), VIII, no. 1, pp. 31-35, pp. 31-35, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 374, fig. 188

Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986
  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/2022 - 07/25/2022

Verification Level

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