Moritz von Schwind
1804-1871
Christ Blessing the Children
1859
17 1/2 x 10 inches (450 x 260 mm)
Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on translucent paper mounted on card stock.
2017.236
Thaw Collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, MS (in ligature) and dated, "1859," and, lower center, "5 10,000", and in watercolor, lower center, "Sinite parvulus vinire ad me , et ne probibu- / eritis eos. Talium enim est regnum Dei. Am- / en dico vobis: Quisquis non receperit regn- / um Dei. velut parvulus, non intrabit in illud: / Et complexans eos et impenens manus sup- / er illos benedicebat eos.".
Associated names
Meissner, Kurt, 1909- former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 354, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 43.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 43.
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Century Drawings
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