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The King's Sons Shooting at Their Father's Corpse

Anonymous, German, 16th century 

Artist:
Anonymous, Swiss, 16th Century
Date:
16th century
Medium:
Pen and black ink
Dimensions:
8 7/16 x 13 3/16 in. (21.5 x 33.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1996
Accession Number:
1996.31
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Recto, upper right, in pen and black ink: 1529

    Marking: Verso, top left corner, red and black marks

  • Provenance

    Vendor: C. G. Boerner LLC, New York

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 27 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 52, ill.



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