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Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz  (German, Augsburg 1492–after 1521 Nuremberg)

Date:
ca. 1516
Culture:
German
Medium:
Charcoal (cut out along the contours, laid down twice)
Dimensions:
9 x 6 7/8 (22.9 x 17.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number:
1975.1.873

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Annotated at the upper right: 151 (in red ink) /Maister Arnold (in black ink) (18th-century handwriting); at lower right, the collector's mark of Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (Lugt 1391).

    Marking: Watermark: high crown with a cross (similar to one found in paper used in Frankfurt in 1510 (Piccard-Online, no. 52479; Piccard XIII/5-7 [documented in Nürnberg, Augsburg, and Innsbruck, 1510-20])

  • Provenance

    Hans Albrecht von Derschau, Nürnberg(?); Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (Lugt 1391 on the recto of the support); Pauline Campe Brockhaus, Leipzig; M. Brockhaus, Leipzig; Campe sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 25 April 1921, lot 155, ill.; Henry Oppenheimer, London; Oppenheimer sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 14 July 1936, lot 403 A (to John Hunt). Acquired by Robert Lehman through Hunt in 1936.

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