National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Tuft of Cowslips
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  • Exhibition History
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Overview

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in gouache: 1526 / AD

Marks and Labels

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Provenance

Private Collection, England; Hal O'Nians, London, England; to Armand Hammer Collection, 1971; gift to NGA, 1991.

Exhibition History

1971
Die Dürerzeichnungen der Albertina, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 1971, repro.
1971
Dürer in America - His Graphic Work, National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 110.
1971
Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1971, starting with Los Angeles County Museum of Art; except Birmingham Museum of Art, 1985, and not shown with the rest of the collection after Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1986.
1974
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974, no. 66.
1985
Albrecht Dürer, Albrecht Dürer und die Tier-und Pflanzenstudien der Renaissance, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 1985.
1986
Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, 1986, no. 126.
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 30, as Tuft of Cowslips by Albrecht Dürer.
2002
The Flowering of Florence, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002, no. 5.
2013
Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (exhibited hors catalogue).

Bibliography

1967
Benesch, Otto, Master Drawings in the Albertina, New York, 1967: 337.
1971
Koschatsky, Walter and Alice Strobl, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, die Dürerzeichnungen der Albertina zum 500 Geburstag, Vienna, 1971: no. 28.
1972
Alan Shestack, "Dürer's Graphic Work in Washington and Boston." The Art Quarterly 35 (1972), p. 304.
1972
Christopher White, "The Armand Hammer Collection: Drawings." Apollo Vol. 95 (June 1972): 457-458, fig. 2.
1972
Rowlands John. Review of Albrecht Dürer: 1471-1971 and Dürer in America, Master Drawings10, no. 4 (Winter 1972): 384.
1974
Strauss, Walter L., The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1974, Vol. 2, p. 726, no. 1503/37, repro. p. 727, (as Dürer about 1503).
1979
Christopher Andreae, "A Lone Cowslip." Christian Science Monitor (June 23, 1979): repro.
1980
Dickinson, Joan . "The Wonders of Watercolor." Realities (May/June 1980): 68-69, repro.
1983
Hilton Brown, "Looking at Paintings." American Artist Vol. 47, no. 492 (July 1983): pp. 58-59, 94-97, repro. in color.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 661, no. 1040, color repro.
1985
Koreny, Fritz, "Zu Dürers Tier-und Pflanzenstudien." Die Kunst (1985): 521-527, fig. 7.
1986
Graham, Virginia. "Invisible from the Motorway." Christian Science Monitor (March 1986), 34, repro.
1994
The Sciences (September/October 1994): 31.
1994
Piel, Friedrich. Dürer: Aquarelles et dessins. Bibliotheque de L'Image, 1994: no. 38.
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999: no. 30.
2002
The Flowering of Florence. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002: no. 5.
2013
Robison, Andrew. "The Drawings of Albrecht Dürer." In exh. cat. Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: 34, 144, repr. p. 143 (color).

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