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Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg  (German, Lichtenberg 1585–1620 Breslau)

Date:
1609
Medium:
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white on yellow prepared paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 11/16 in. (19 x 14.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Sarah and Werner H. Kramarsky Gift, 1998
Accession Number:
1998.197
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Inscribed by the artist in pen and black ink: zu guther gedechtnuß gemacht in Dantzig den 27/ Ianuari petter schmid von Lichtenberch/ M.V.S.I.C.A. / 1609. Mount, at the bottom, in pen and brown ink, (possibly in the hand of Peter Vischer): Dessein N°.48. fait l'ann 1609 par Perre Schmid de Lichtenberg [and] N° 1732 [and in another hand]: fol:64.

    Marking: Mount, lower left, collector's mark of Peter Vischer (Lugt 2115) at Old Mount, lower right, collector's mark of Jules Dupan, Geneva (Lugt 1440) Verso, collector's mark of Max Ziegert, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2676)

  • Provenance

    Peter Vischer (Basel, 1751–1823); Jean-Marc Du Pan (Geneva, 1785 - 1838); Max Ziegert (German, Franfurt am Main, 1852–1930); Bonhams, Knightsbridge, October 19, 1995, part of lot 8(as by an anonymous German artist); Donor: Sarah and Werner H. Kramarsky Gift Vendor: David Jones

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 72 (entry written by Freyda Spira), ill.



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