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Portrait of a man, bust-length, wearing a hat

Hans Schäufelein  (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480–ca. 1540 Nördlingen)

Date:
ca. 1510–1515
Medium:
Red chalk
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 11/16 x 7 in. (19.6 x 17.8 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, 2001 Benefit Fund, Anne and Jean Bonna, Jessie and Charles Price, and Sally and Howard Lepow Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.123
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: At upper left, fragment of the artists' emblem, a shovel, in red chalk

    Inscription: At lower left, inscribed "AD / 1515" [D under A] in red chalk (16th- or 17th-century handwriting?)

  • Provenance

    Dr. Rabeau (French); by descent to his heirs; Christie's, New YorkJanuary 23, 2002, lot 131; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Christie's, New York Old Master and 19th Century Drawings Sale cat. New York, January 23, 2002, cat. no. 131, ill.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 14 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. x (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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