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Rape of the Sabines

Hans Rottenhammer, I  (German, Munich, 1564–1625, Augsburg)

Date:
1600
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (20.9 x 31.1 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number:
1975.131.236
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Recto, at lower left in voussoirs of arch, in pen and brown ink: J. / Roth. / 1600 / Aug. Verso, at upper margin, in pen and brown ink : Tintoret Verso, in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink: Tintoret Verso, center, in pen and black ink: F.A. Mayliss 1902 Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 1975.131.236

    Marking: Watermark: lion (but not similar to any in Briquet; curator's notes)

  • Provenance

    F A Mayliss(according to inscription on verso); Donor: Harry G. Sperling

  • References

    Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Princeton University Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680. A Selection from North American Collections. 1982, cat. no. 31, fig. no. 31, pp. 100-101, ill.

    Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire. 1540-1680 in North American Collections" Central European History. 18, Atlanta, 1985, p. 100.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 55 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 104; p. 124, note 11, ill.



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