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A Seated Personification of Charity with two Children

Jost Amman  (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg)

Date:
1539–91
Medium:
Pen and black ink
Dimensions:
sheet: 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (7.1 x 5.4 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007
Accession Number:
2007.223.9

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Signed with monogram in lower left corner in pen and brown ink (by Zoller?)

  • Provenance

    Hans Wilpert Zoller (Swiss, Zurich 1673–1757 Zurich); Wilhelm von Muralt- von Planta (1845–1937); Hans Rohr Buchhandlung und Antiquariat zum Oberdorf, Zurich ; Auktionshaus Stuker, Bern, November 28, 2006, no. 9060; Vendor: Galerie Arnoldi-Livie (Munich)

  • References

    Kurt Pilz "Die Zeichnungen und das graphische Werk des Jost Ammann (1539-1591)" Anzeiger für Schweizerische Altertumkunde| Indicateur d'antiquités suisses. N.F., XXXV, 1933, cat. no. 52, p. 300.



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