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The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths

Friedrich Sustris  (German, Venice (?) ca. 1540–1599 Munich)

Date:
1550–99
Medium:
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, and brown wash, squared in black chalk; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2004
Accession Number:
2004.54

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: Inscribed, lower center, in black chalk: "61" Verso, lower left, in graphite: "Baldassare Peruzzi"; upper center: "agler (?)"

  • Provenance

    Francis Abott (British, 1800–1893); Private Collection, ca. 1908(from 1908–2003); Christie's, London, July 8, 2003, lot 25sale July 8, 2003, lot 25; Artemis Fine Arts SA Luxembourg ; Vendor: Artemis Fine Arts SA Luxembourg

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 50 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens); p. 114, ill.



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