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School of Ambrosius Holbein
1494?-1518?
Scene of a Massacre
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, on paper.
2 x 6 1/8 inches (50 x 155 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 259c
Notes: 

On the same mat as I, 259a-b.

Provenance: 
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Artist page: 
Holbein, Ambrosius
School: 
German
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints