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An Allegory of Chastity

Hans Ulrich Franck  (German, Kaufbeuren ca. 1590/95–1675 Ausburg)

Date:
1600–1675
Medium:
Pen and black ink and gray wash over black lead, heightened with white
Dimensions:
6-3/4 in. (17.3 cm) diameter
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2000
Accession Number:
2000.261

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: Recto, lower left, in graphite: 86 Mount, verso, left center, in graphite: N67 Mount, verso, bottom left, in graphite, (but difficult to read): 041 116 Mount, verso, bottom right, in graphite: 2000.261 Mount, verso, lower right, in graphite: Sadler

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., London

  • References

    Dutch, Flemish and German Old Master Drawings [Sale cat.: November 10, 1999). Christie's, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1999, cat. no. lot 476, fig. no. 476, p. 73, ill.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 83 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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