Two Angels Holding a Coat of Arms

Jost Amman

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1591

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash over chalk on two joined sheets

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 25.5 x 17.6 cm (10 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.24.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. C.R. Rudolph (b. 1884), Lugt 2811b. (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); acquired 1984 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1985.

Bibliography

1984

  • Schab, MASTR. PRINTS & DRWGS OF 5 C., 1984, 3.

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, 76.

Inscriptions

lower center: J.A.; in later hand, vertical along right edge verso in graphite: Vende T. van Gogh / (De Vries) / No 4 / Decembre 1913

Wikidata ID

Q64591556

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