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Franz Cleyn

The Sacrifice of Marcus Curtius, 1640s

Not on View

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall: 18.1 x 28.9 cm (7 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
support: 26 x 37.3 cm (10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1984.45.1

Artists / Makers

Franz Cleyn (artist) German, 1582 - 1658

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Inscription

in unknown hand, lower left in black chalk: Fr Cline; lower center verso in graphite, upside down, on mount: 299 (encircled)

Provenance

P. Sylvester (Lugt 2876)

Associated Names

Boerner, C.G., Mr.

Bibliography

1959: Boerner 10/1-10/22/82, 77.

1979: Zeichnung in Deutschland: Deutsche Zeichner, 1540-1640. Exh. cat. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1979: II: 144.

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, 80.

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