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Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones

Georg Pecham  (German, Munich ca. 1568–1604 Munich)

Former Attribution:
Gotthard Ringgli (Swiss, Zurich 1575–1635 Zurich)
Date:
late 16th–mid-17th century
Medium:
Pen and black ink, and brown, blue and pink wash
Dimensions:
diameter: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Van Day Truex Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2005
Accession Number:
2005.26
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Signed upper left, in brown ink: "Gotthard Ringgli. f" Dated in black ink, lower right edge: "1600"

    Inscription: Illegible inscription, lower left edge: "San..." (?) Verso, lower center, in graphite: "Gotthard Ringgli fec" (?); bottom center: "No. 181" Lower right center, in blue crayon: "385"; in graphite: "12"

    Marking: Indistinct collector's mark, right of date, in blue ink (not in Lugt)

  • Provenance

    Unicorno Collection (Saam Nijstad and Lily Nijstad -Einhorn, Amsterdam) ; Sotheby's, Amsterdam sale, May 19, 2004, lot 5; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Charles Dumas, Robert-Jan te Rijdt Kleur en raffinement: tekeningen uit de Unicorno collectie. Zwolle, 1994, fig. no. 12, pp. 14, 17, ill.

    Ingrid S. Brons Grenzeloos goed Tekeningen uit de Unicorno collectie, Haags Historisch Museum (March 3-May 27, 2001). 2001, For two other versions of the same drawing see p. 94, figs. 48.1 and 48.2, cat. no. 48, p. 93, ill.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat . 58 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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