Hans Holbein

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Hans Holbein
1497-1543
Standing Young Woman in a Plumed Hat
Pen black ink and wash, on laid paper.
11 9/16 x 7 7/8 inches (294 x 201 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann and Frits Markus.
1982.7
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Copy after the drawing by Holbein in the Kunstmuseum, Basel (Inv. no. 1662.145).

Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower right, in pen and black ink, "H. Holbein: f".

Provenance: 
Rev. Dr. Henry Wellesley (no mark: see Lugt 1384); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1866, lot 723; Krassny-Dwor, East Prussia; Count Kossakowski, Kuvno, Lithuania; sale, New York, Sotheby's, 20 January 1982, lot 83, repr.
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Wellesley, Henry, 1791-1866, former owner.
Krassny-Dwor, former owner.
Kossakowski, Count, former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Markus, Frits, donor.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 264.

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