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Two studies for Saint Ulrich of Augsburg

Hans Burgkmair  (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)

Former Attribution:
Formerly attributed to Christoph Amberger (German, ca. 1505–1561/1562 Augsburg)
Date:
ca. 1505–8
Medium:
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (18.8 x 16.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2010
Accession Number:
2010.531
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: On the verso: at upper center, inscribed "Hans Burckmair" in pen and brown ink (16th-century handwriting).

    Marking: At lower left the collector's mark of Klein (Lugt 2786b); at lower right, a collector's mark attributed to the Prince de Ligne (Lugt 622).

  • Provenance

    Prince Charles de Ligne (Austrian, 1735–1814); A. Klein, (1880 - 1951), Frankfurt, Lugt 2786 b; Private Collection, Switzerland ; Koller Auktionen (Zurich), 17 Sep 2010, lot 03327; Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • References

    Koller Auktionen Zeichnungen des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts Koller Auctions. 2010, cat. no. 3327, 194-95, ill.

    Peter Halm "Munchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst" Hans Burgkmair als Zeichner. 1962, fig. no. 30, 96, 102, ill.

    Klaus Weschenfelder Altdeutsche Bilder der Sammlung Georg Schafer. 2003, 21.

    Catalogue de Dessins Anciens Frederik Muller & Cie. 1929, cat. no. 41, 5, ill.

    Edmund Schilling Handzeichnungen Alter Meister aus Deutschem Privatbesitz. Georg Swarzenski, 1924, cat. no. 10, XI, ill.

    Dr. Tilman Falk Hans Burgkmair Studien zu Leben und Werk des Augsburger Malers. Munich, 1968, 96, note 217.

    Bruno Bushart, Isolde Lübbeke Altdeutsche Bilder der Sammlung Georg Schafer Schweinfurt. 1985, cat. no. under nos. 7 & 8, 68, ill.

    Edmund Schilling "Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch" Zu den Zeichnungen Hans Burgkmairs d. Ä. Nachträge und Berichtigungen. 1933–1934, fig. no. 221, 223, 267, 268, 270, ill.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 21 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. xi (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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