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A Male Teal

Johann Jakob Walther  (German, Saxony ca. 1604–ca. 1677 Strasburg)

Date:
1604–80
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache heightened with gum Arabic
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 1/16 x 15 7/8 in. (25.6 x 40.4 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2006
Accession Number:
2006.495

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: In pen and dark brown ink in the upper right corner: 'Anas Fera vulgo Ein Kernel.'

  • Provenance

    Count Johannes von Nassau Saarbrücken und Saarwerden (1603–1677); Count Georg-Augustus von Nassau Saarbrücken und Saarwerden (died 1721); Claude Aubriet (1651–1742); Count Guillaume Chrestien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794); Christie's, London, July 4, 2006, lot 51; Vendor: Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., London

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 91 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. xiv (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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