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Wenzel Jamnitzer  (German, Vienna 1507/8–1585 Nuremberg)

Date:
1520–85
Medium:
Black chalk
Dimensions:
4 15/16 x 3 5/8 in. (12.6 x 9.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Edward Pearce Casey Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001
Accession Number:
2001.111
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Monogrammed and dated: 15 WI 37

    Inscription: Verso, center, in graphite: 55/ Wenzel; lower left: 370 / VL; lower right: 2001.111 H E F (20th-century handwriting)

  • Provenance

    Henry Oppenheimer (British (born America), Washington, D.C. 1859–1932 London); Christie's, London, July 10, 13–14, 1936, lot 388 (£48 6s to How); Franz Koenigs (Cologne 1881–1941 Haarlem/Rotterdam); Franz Koenigs (Cologne 1881–1941 Haarlem/Rotterdam); Sotheby's, New York, January 23, 2001, lot 8; Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, Munich; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    William D. Wixom Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975, cat. no. under cat. 183.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700 Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012, cat. 42 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 70; p. 151.

    Ernst Kris "Zum Werke Peter Flötners und zur Geschichte der Nürmberger Goldschmiedekunst" Pantheon. vol. 9, Munich, 1932, fig. no. 1, pp. 95-98, ill.

    Christie, Manson and Woods Old Master Drawings [Sale cat.: July 10-14, 1936]. 1936, cat. no. 388, p. 188, ill.

    Sotheby's, New York Old Master and Modern Drawings and Prints from the Franz Koenigs Collection [January 23, 2001]. New York, 2001, cat. no. 8, fig. no. 8, p. 25, ill.



  • See also
90010685

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