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Attributed to Christoph Amberger
-1561 or 1562
A Bishop Saint
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
7 x 4 1/16 inches (178 x 103 mm)
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund.
1972.19
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Watermark: none.
Provenance:
Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris (on remnant of his mount; Lugt 1852); Count Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (1751-1836), St Petersbourg (Lugt 2332); Jacob H. Wiegersma (1898-1967), Utrecht (Lugt 1552b); Anton Schmid, Vienna (L.2330b); Paul Drey Gallery, New York.
Associated names:
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Suchtelen, J. P. van, Comte, 1751-1836, former owner.
Wiegersma, Jacob H., former owner.
Schmid, Anton, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 150.
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