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Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Lucas Kilian German
1590–1637
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy
  • Artist: Johann Matthias Kager (German, Munich 1575–1634 Augsburg)
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Lucas Kilian (German, Augsburg 1579–1637 Augsburg)
  • Date: 1590–1637
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash and ochre washes.
  • Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 6 9/16 in. (21.2 x 16.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. E. Powis Jones Gift, and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1996
  • Object Number: 1996.37
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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