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Three Scenes of the Assassination of Clerics

Augustin Braun  (German, Cologne ca. 1570–1639 Cologne)

Date:
late 16th–mid-17th century
Medium:
Pen and brown ink over graphite with brush and brown and gray wash; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions:
7 9/16 x 21 7/8 in. (19.2 x 55.5 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2003
Accession Number:
2003.374
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Inscribed on base of columns, in pen and brown ink: "occasus an ortus?" (2nd from left); "auget [line over e] Coniunctia decorem" (3rd from left); "Emblema" (4th from left) Verso of lining, upper left, in graphite: "12" [inscribed in a circle]; left center, in a different hand: "46" [underlined]; lower left, in a different hand: "13995" Right center, in a different hand, in lavender pencil: "Súd-Deutsch" Upper right, in a different hand, in red pen: "32" [inscribed in a circle] Upper right, in a different hand, in graphite: "D-19"

    Marking: Stamped with collector's mark, lower right corner, in black ink (Heinrich Beckmann, Lugt 2756a)

  • Provenance

    Heinrich Beckmann (1874–1940); Vendor: Emanuel von Baeyer (London)

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 76 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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