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The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder  (German, Augsburg 1480–1537 Augsburg)

Date:
1500–1537
Medium:
Pen and dark brown ink, framing line in pen and dark brown ink
Dimensions:
Diameter: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Fletcher Fund and funds from various donors, 2003
Accession Number:
2003.28

This artwork is not on display

  • Provenance

    C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 28, 1912, lot 129; Henry Oppenheimer (British (born America), Washington, D.C. 1859–1932 London); Christie's, London, July 10, 13–14, 1936, part of lot 361; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Carmen C. Bambach, Elizabeth Barker, Colta Ives, Nadine Orenstein, Michiel C. Plomp, Perrin Stein "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2002-2003." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 61, no. 2, Autumn 2003, p. 17, ill.



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