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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.114
People
Johann Georg Bergmüller, German (Türkheim, Bavaria 1688 - 1762 Augsburg, Bavaria)
Title
Saint Amandus, Bishop of Worms, Threatens Dagobert, King of the Franks, with Punishment for his Sinful Ways
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Bishop Saint Giving his Blessing to a King; A Study for an Altarpiece
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299244

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and gray wash, squared in graphite, on cream antique laid paper with black ink border
Dimensions
irregular: 27 x 17.7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: rosary [cut off]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lindner collection (no. 6). John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.114
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 404
  • Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Central European Drawings, 1680-1800: a Selection from American Collections, exh. cat., Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ, 1989), pp. 9, 13, 19, cat. no. 9 p. 52, repr.
  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, fig. 6, p. 163
  • Dr. Josef Straßer and Dr. Achim Riether, Johann Georg Bergmüller 1688-1762: Die Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Salzburger Barockmuseum (Salzburg, 2005), Z34, p. 143

Exhibition History

  • Central European Drawings 1680-1800: A Selection from American Collections, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 10/21/1989 - 12/03/1989; University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, 01/10/1990 - 02/25/1990

Verification Level

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