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Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy

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Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy

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)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. E. Powis Jones Gift, and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1996
Accession Number:
1996.37

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

    Inscription: Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 1996.37 Mount, recto, bottom right, in graphite: 1996.37

  • Provenance

    Vendor: C. G. Boerner LLC, New York Donor: Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney by exchange Donor: Mr. and Mrs. E. Powis Jones Gift

  • 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. 68 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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