The Toilet of Venus

c. 1590

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Artist, Swiss, 1564 - 1609

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink over red and black chalk with wash and heightening on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Director's Discretionary Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.2 x 14.6 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.65.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Maihingen, inv. no. 2294. (C.G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Zimmer, Jürgen. Joseph Heintz der Ältere. Zeichnungen und Dokumente. Munich, 1988: no. A55, fig. 95.

Inscriptions

recto: none; on mount, at lower right, in later hand in black ink: 79; verso: none

Markings

recto: heart-shaped collector mark (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q64591200

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