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The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Franz Cleyn  (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)

Date:
before 1654
Medium:
Black chalk and gray wash on a sheet of laid paper; incised for transfer; framing lines in graphite; verso treated with red chalk for transfer
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 11/16 in. (26.4 x 19.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.484

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: Lower center, in brown ink: "1407" (?) or "1907" (?)

    Marking: Unidentified watermark

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Lutz Riester (Freiburg)

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 87 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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