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A Small Piece of Turf

Hans Hoffmann  (German, Nuremberg ca. 1545/1550–1591/1592 Prague)

Date:
1584
Medium:
Brush with gouache and watercolor over traces of charcoal underdrawing
Dimensions:
8 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (21.5 x 32.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number:
1997.20

This artwork is part of Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Recto, lower center, pen and ink, artist's monogram and date: 1584/ Hh

    Inscription: Verso, lower left, in pen and ink: J.A. Boerner 1808 R Verso, bottom left, in graphite: 745 MMA 1997.20 Mount, recto, bottom left, in pen and black ink: Hans Hofmann delt, [and in graphite]: 1600 Mount, recto, bottom right, in graphite: 250

  • Provenance

    J. A. BoernerHertel; G. M. D. Arnold(?, according to Pilz); Private Collection, Switzerland ; Donor: Purchase Lila Acheson Wallace Gift Gift, 1997

  • References

    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. 59 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 185, ill.

    Kurt Pilz "Hans Hoffmann-Ein Nürnberger Dürer-Nachahmer aus der 2. Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts" Mitteilungen des Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg. 51, 1962, cat. no. 29, p. 263.

    Fritz Koreny, Vienna, Austria, Graphische Sammlung Albertina Albrecht Dürer und die Tier-und Pflanzstudien der Renaissance Graphische Sammlung, Albertina, Vienna. Munich, Apr 30 1985-June 30 1985, cat. no. 65, fig. no. 65, p. 186, ill.

    George R. Goldner, Colta Ives, Carolyn Logan, Perrin Stein "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1996-1997." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.s., vol. 55, no. 2, Autumn 1997, p. 34, ill.



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