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Jan van der Straet
1523-1605
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa on a Stag Hunt
1587
Pen and brown and black ink, blue wash (partly turned green), with opaque white, over black chalk, on paper.
7 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (196 x 265 mm)
Purchased on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund.
1991.14
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
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Signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist, in brown ink, at the lower left, "1587 / IO[h]A[nnes] STRADANVS INVENT[or]"; beneath this, "D[ominus] PH[ilippu]S GAL[LUS]"; at lower right, "Vbaldinus / Vbaldinus MVGELLI / D[omi]N[us]S"; and on the chest gear of the horse, "FRIDERICVS...".
Provenance:
Marie Marignane (Lugt 1848); Hubert Marignane (Lugt S. 1343a); Ian Woodner, New York; by bequest to his family; acquired at their sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 1991, lot 84, repr.
Associated names:
Marignane, Marie, former owner.
Marignane, Hubert, former owner.
Woodner, Ian, former owner.
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