Pieter Cornelisz Kunst
ca. 1484-1560/1
St. Augustine in a Landscape
1532
design area: 8 9/16 inches (219 mm), diameter; on trimmed sheet (at both sides): 9 3/16 x 8 1/8 inches (234 x 206 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper; traces of a framing line in graphite.
1977.17
Purchased as the gift of Jeanette Watson McElvenny, Duke Roberto Ferretti di Castelferretto, John H. Loudon, and Frits Markus.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing is a design for a glass roundel.
The drawing is a design for a glass roundel.
Inscriptions/Markings
Dated at lower center, by the artist, "1532". Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "em.ne / A 615.1".
Associated names
Habich, Edward, 1818-1901, former owner.
Hauth, W., former owner.
Rudolf, C. R. (C. Robert), former owner.
McElvenny, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Ferretti, Roberto, Duke of Castelferretto, donor.
Loudon, John H., donor.
Markus, Frits, donor.
Hauth, W., former owner.
Rudolf, C. R. (C. Robert), former owner.
McElvenny, Jeanette Watson, Mrs., donor.
Ferretti, Roberto, Duke of Castelferretto, donor.
Loudon, John H., donor.
Markus, Frits, donor.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 30, no. 53.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 242-43, 271-72 (Pieter Cornelisz. Kunst).
The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century (checklist only). New York : The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1987, no. 41A.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 242-43, 271-72 (Pieter Cornelisz. Kunst).
The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century (checklist only). New York : The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1987, no. 41A.
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