The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame
c. 1750
Artist, German, 1709 - 1761
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer
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Credit Line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
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Dimensions
sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Phillips, London, 7 July 1993, no. 111). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 94-95, no. 21.
Bibliography
2001
Lachenmann, David. "Wolfgang Ratjen as Collector." Master Drawings 39 (2001): 109-110, fig. 6.
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64582090