2023.517: William Tell Assassinates Albrecht Gessler
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2023.517
- People
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Salomon Keller, Swiss (Zürich 1582 - 1642 Zürich)
- Title
- William Tell Assassinates Albrecht Gessler
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1614
- Culture
- Swiss
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/381008
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink and gray wash on off-white paper
- Dimensions
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sight: 21.2 × 17.8 cm (8 3/8 × 7 in.)
frame: 43.7 × 40.7 cm (17 3/16 × 16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower right, black ink: SK (letters overlapped) 1614
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Rolf Hasler, Romont. [1] Private Collection, Paris. [Galerie Laura Pecheur, Paris], sold; to [Richard Berman, New York], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2017, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023
[1]
Documentation from Richard Berman refers to “previous owner, Rolf Hasler, Vitrocentre Romont, Switzerland.” Presumably Berman owned the work in his private collection and the note indicates his affiliation.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81 in honor of Lucas Munk Galarza
- Accession Year
- 2023
- Object Number
- 2023.517
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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