Eight Ladies in Ancient Costumes

1567/1573

Melchior Lorch

Associated Names
Melchior Lorch

Artist, Danish, 1526/1527 - 1583 or after

The image features a group of figures standing closely together in various stances and interacting. They have distinct facial features and different hairstyles. They are dressed in elaborate robes with intricate patterns, some wearing headpieces. One figure has a halo-like feature around their head. The background has a textured pattern of diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.6 x 31 cm (8 1/2 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.66.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:217.

1982

  • Kaufmann, 1982, No. 14 (as "Eight Women in Old German Costume").

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 91.

Inscriptions

Monogram on headress of fourth woman from right: FML; on skirt of third woman from left: SACHSEN; across bottom beneath figures: F. (twice), I. (five times)

Wikidata ID

Q64614290

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