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The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds

Friedrich Sustris  (German, Venice (?) ca. 1540–1599 Munich)

Date:
ca. 1590
Medium:
Pen and brown ink and grey wash with white heightening
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Sally and Howard Lepow Gift, 2001
Accession Number:
2001.283
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Verso, at lower right, in graphite: TLP

  • Provenance

    Mr. and Mrs. MacKinley Helm (Santa Barbara, California)ca. 1950; Mr. and Mrs. MacKinley Helm (Santa Barbara, California)ca. 1984; Private Collection, Scotsdale, AZ ; Monroe Warshaw (New York, NY); Vendor: Monroe Warshaw (New York, NY)Donor: Sally and Howard Lepow Gift

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 51 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 150, ill.



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