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Jorg Ramsler
fl. 16th century
Mercury
Pen and black ink and wash, ochre wash, white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on laid paper.
7 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches (186 x 150 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
1981.41
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Watermark: fragment of an eagle (cf. Briquet 175-76). Watermark, beta radiograph. eagle 144690wm_1981_41_WM_beta.jpg
Inscription:
Signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "Iorg Ramsler / In prag Anno / 1593".
Provenance:
Ed. Schültze (Lugt 906); Dr. Curt Glaser, former Director of the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; his widow, Maria Milch Glaser, later Mrs. Ernest Ash, New York.
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.
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