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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.111
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Scenes from the Life of Christ
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1490
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299482

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash, with some retouching, on buff antique laid paper
Dimensions
40.6 x 29.5 cm (16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: No 123M
  • inscription: verso, blue ink: Propriété de[?] Hubert Marignane / Reserve [?] / Cmarignane
  • inscription: verso, blue crayon: 204
  • inscription: verso, white ink[?]: WC152
  • stamp: verso, black ink: HM in two concentric circles (close to L. 1343a--Hubert Marignane)
  • watermark: grapes

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (L. 2773). [R. W. P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 1929, catalogue 2, no. 56]. Hubert Marignane, Paris and Menton (close to L. 1343a).
Ian Woodner, New York, sold; [Christie's, London, 7 July 1992, lot 94], sold; to
[Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Timotheus Pohl
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • A. Hyatt Mayor, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century European Drawings, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1967), cat. no. 3, p. 11
  • Frederick Schab, ed., Woodner Collection I: Selection of Drawings before 1700, exh. cat., William H. Schab Gallery (New York, NY, 1971), cat. no. 52, repr. (as German Master of the 15th century)
  • Konrad Oberhuber, "Sur quelques dessins germaniques", Connaissance des Arts (1983), no. 376, p. 80, repr.
  • George R. Goldner, Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, exh. cat., J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, CA, 1983), cat. no. 40, repr.
  • Friedrich Piel, Meisterzeichnungen aus sechs Jahrhunderten : Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, exh. cat., DuMont (Cologne, Germany, 1986), cat. no. 46, repr. (as Swiss c. 1500)

Exhibition History

  • Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century European Drawings, Unknown Venues, 08/01/1967 - 08/31/1968
  • Woodner Collection I: A Selection of Drawings before 1700, William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 10/15/1971 - 11/26/1971; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/17/1971 - 02/28/1972; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 03/13/1972 - 05/02/1972
  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 05/28/1983 - 08/12/1983; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 09/10/1983 - 11/13/1983; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 12/18/1983 - 02/26/1984
  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/01/1985 - 03/31/1985
  • Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 01/25/1986 - 03/02/1986; Haus der Kunst München, Munich, 03/25/1986 - 05/25/1986

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