Tuft of Cowslips, 1526

Inscription

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

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.

2010

Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2010-2011, brochure no. 18, fig. 8 (shown only in Washington).

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

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.

1972

Shestack, Alan. "Dürer's Graphic Work in Washington and Boston." The Art Quarterly 35 (1972), p. 304.

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

Piel, Friedrich. Dürer: Aquarelles et dessins. Bibliotheque de L'Image, 1994: no. 38.

1994

The Sciences (September/October 1994): 31.

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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