Master of the Death of Absalom
active approximately 1490-1510
St. George and the Dragon
Diameter: 7 15/16 inches (200 mm)
Brush and pen and black ink, with opaque blue and white opaque watercolor, on paper prepared with dark gray ground.
I, 251
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Lettered on shield, in brush and black ink, at left, "RO"; at right, "MCC".
Watermark: Gothic letter "P". Partly obscured by lining and lead white on drawing.
Watermark: Gothic letter "P". Partly obscured by lining and lead white on drawing.
Associated names
Anonymous, German School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, German School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Flemish School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Flemish School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Dutch School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Lanier, Nicholas, 1588-1666, former owner.
Robinson, J. C., (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Anonymous, German School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Flemish School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Flemish School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Dutch School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Lanier, Nicholas, 1588-1666, former owner.
Robinson, J. C., (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 125.
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. 7, no. 8.
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. 7, no. 8.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
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