Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Mercury

Jorg Ramsler
fl. 16th century

Mercury

7 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches (186 x 150 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, ochre wash, white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on laid paper.
1981.41

Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.

Notes
Watermark: fragment of an eagle (cf. Briquet 175-76). Watermark, beta radiograph. eagle 144690wm_1981_41_WM_beta.jpg
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "Iorg Ramsler / In prag Anno / 1593".
Associated names
Schültze, Ed., former owner.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 293.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department