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Artist: Unknown Artist (Flemish (?), -)
Medium: red and white chalk on paper
Dimensions: 6 in. x 9 15/16 in. (15.24 cm. x 25.24 cm.)
Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 91亚色传媒 III
Accession Number: 1811.86
No marks or inscriptions identified for this object
- James 91亚色传媒 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
- 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest
- Old Master Drawings at 91亚色传媒
- 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
- Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
- University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
- Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)
Though traditionally thought to be Italian, this sheet seems to betray a more northern figure style. Richard Spear suggested a Pre-Rembrandtist origin, such as Lastman, while Oberhuber thought it a work of a Flemish artist.
Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 91亚色传媒 (Brunswick: 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art, 1985).