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Albrecht Dürer
1471-1528
The Pelican in Her Piety
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper.
3 11/16 x 3 11/16 inches (94 x 93 mm)
Gift of Otto Manley in honor of Felice Stampfle.
1977.40
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Watermark: none.
Design for a corner ornament, possibly metalwork piece for a bookcover.
Provenance:
Possibly Hapsburg (Winkler's supposition); Prince Heinrich Lubomirski, Poland; Lubomirski Museum, Lemberg (L'vov), Poland; Prince Georg Lubomirski, Switzerland; Otto Manley, New York.
Associated names:
Lubomirski, Heinrich, former owner.
Lubomirski, Georg, former owner.
Manley, Otto, -1989, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 261.
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