Perspectival Study with a View of a Medieval City

Attributed to Matthäus Merian the Elder  (Swiss, Basel 1593–1650 Schwalbach)

Date:
1600–1650
Medium:
Pen and black ink, touches of red chalk
Dimensions:
6-3/4 x 11-3/8 in. (17.2 x 28.9 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Katrin Bellinger, 1998
Accession Number:
1998.41.5
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Recto, lower right, in pen and black ink, monogrammed: M

    Inscription: Mount, lower left, in graphite, (facing the outside): 5466 Verso, upper center, in graphite, (in a later hand): Merian Verso, bottom right corner, in graphite: 1998.41.5

    Marking: Watermark, arms of Nuremberg

  • Provenance

    Donor: Gift of Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Galerie Bassenge Zeichnungen des Deutschen Barock Sale cat., November 28, 1997, Auction 70. Berlin, November 28, 1997, cat. no. 5466, p. 26.



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