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Austrian School
17th century
Diana and Her Nymphs and Cupid
Pen and brown-black ink and wash, watercolor, with opaque lead white watercolor (partially oxidized), over graphite, on laid paper.
4 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches (115 x 75 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
1981.32
Inscription:
Signed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Simon Merkenbenk(?) / Cobach(?) 1632 (or 52)"; inscribed on verso, in graphite, "No 12".
Provenance:
Dr. Curt Glaser, former Director of the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Preussicher Kulturbesitz, Berlin; his widow, Maria Milch Glaser, later Mrs. Ernest Ash, New York.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 233.
Notes:
Watermark: none.
Associated names:
Merkenbenk, Simon, Formerly attributed to.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., former owner.
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