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Neptune and Amphitrite

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

Former Attribution:
Formerly attributed to Matthäus Gundelach (German, Hessen ca. 1566–1653/4 Augsburg)
Date:
1595–1675
Medium:
Black chalk, traces of red chalk, pen and black ink and brown and gray wash, heightened with white
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 x 14 3/16 in. (30.5 x 36 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.86
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Inscribed, bottom center, in pen and grey ink: "Christof Schwarz fac" Verso of lining, upper center, in graphite: "A Coller Sur Vergé"; in another hand: "198H"; "58-48"; "P"

    Marking: Lower right, stamped with collector's mark in violet ink: "GC" (Lugt 540, G. Chiantorre)

  • Provenance

    Giuseppe Chiantorre, Turin (born 1870); Tajan, November 23, 2001Sale November 23, 2001, lot 70, called Matthäus Gundelach; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700 Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012, cat. 84 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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