A Mastiff with a Gold-Tooled Collar

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Medium

pen and black ink with gray and brown wash, with touches of gold ink, over traces of black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 19.2 x 26.2 cm (7 9/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1988.3.3

Artists / Makers

Jakob Walther (artist) German, active 1584 - 1604

Image Use

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Inscription

center in gold ink on dog's collar: I:W.; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 2; upper center verso in graphite: 083901; lower center verso in graphite, underlined: zu 377; lower center verso in graphite: DTIIMMHH; lower right verso in graphite: 59

Provenance

Kurt Meissner

Associated Names

Sotheby's
Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

1969: Schade, Werner. Dresdener Zeichnungen, 1550 bis 1650. Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, 1969: no.127.

1988: Sotheby's. Old Master Drawings. New York, 1/13/1988: no.102.