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Design for a Chimneypiece with a Personification of Virtue

Anonymous, German, 17th century 

Date:
1616
Medium:
Pen and grey and black ink, brush and watercolor
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (31 x 19.3 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2011
Accession Number:
2011.171
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: At upper right, an inscription in black chalk (seventeenth-century handwriting); at upper center, dated "MDCXVI" in pen and grey ink, by the artist; at center, inscribed "VIRTVS" in pen and grey ink and yellowish wash, by the artist; several inscriptions regarding the measurements and materials to be used in the chimneypiece in pen and grey ink, by the artist. Verso: at upper right, inscribed "142" in black chalk (20th-century handwriting).

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Hill-Stone, Inc.

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