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Johan Jakob Biedermann
1763-1830
Altar in a Temple with Two Votaries in the Foreground
1784
Pen and black ink, with gray-brown ink, on paper.
9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (240 x 297 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:140
Inscription: 

Signed in ink at lower right, "Biedermann, 1784".

Provenance: 
Michael Mayr (1796-1870); Marianne Fajt (d. ca. 1955); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager.
Associated names: 

Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, Janos, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

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Biedermann, Johan Jakob
School: 
Swiss
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints