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Johann Matthias Kager

Death of the Virgin, 1620s

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Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash, squared in black chalk, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 22.3 x 36.6 cm (8 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Hall

Accession Number

1974.4.1

Artists / Makers

Johann Matthias Kager (artist) German, 1575 - 1634

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Inscription

Extensive color notations (inscriptions transcribed in Kaufmann)

Provenance

Michael Hall; gift 1974 to NGA.

Associated Names

Hall, Esq., Michael

Bibliography

1974: Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:207 (as Attributed to Frederick Sustris).

1982: Kaufmann, 1982.

1985: Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 91.

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