Procris, 1539

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 11.8 x 7.5 cm (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 122

Accession Number

2005.27.1

Artists / Makers

Georg Pencz (artist) German, c. 1500 - 1550

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in image: PROCRIS / 15 GP (in monogram) 39; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 0821 / 2; TU / N; 4841; B 73 / 1977 N 113

Provenance

Unidentified private collection (partially illegible collector's mark, AH? KH? EH? Not found in Lugt). Ernst Oppermann, Berlin (second half of the 19th century)(Lugt 887). Albert Blum, Short Hills, NJ (1882 - 1952)(Lugt 79b). (Paul Prouté SA, Paris); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1978: Landau, David. Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Georg Pencz. Milan, 1978.