Master of the Herpin Manuscript
      
            active 1480s
      
            The Scene at Golgotha before the Crucifixion
9 3/16 and 7 13/16 inches (234 x 198 mm)
      
            Pen and black ink on laid paper.
      
            1950.1 
      
            Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Inscriptions/Markings
              Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "L."; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Lambertus Lombardus 1550"; collector's stamp of Lionel Lucas (Lugt 1733) at center near bottom margin; on verso, in the same hand as on the inscription on the recto, at upper center in pen and brown, "Lambertus Lombardus, otherwise Suttermans / or Suavius born in Liege. He was Painter, Architect, Graver & Sculptor. He flourished 1550."
Watermark: Possible bull's head with cross, drawing is lined with thick adhesive and watermark image is almost indecipherable.
          Watermark: Possible bull's head with cross, drawing is lined with thick adhesive and watermark image is almost indecipherable.
Associated names
              Lucas, Lionel, 1822-1862, former owner.
Lucas, Claude, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
          Lucas, Claude, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
              Adams, Frederick B., Jr. First Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1950, p. 49-50.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 155.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 63, repr. [Achim Riether]
          Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 155.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 63, repr. [Achim Riether]
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          Century Drawings
              
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