Title Page for a Bible

Augustin Braun

Artist, German, active 1591/1639

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and blue wash over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37 x 25.8 cm (14 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.1.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 50, as Flemish School, late 16th Century.

Bibliography

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, 79.

2001

  • Vey, Horst and Dethlefs, Gerd. "Ein Nachtrag zu Augustin Braun als Zeichner für Stecher," Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch, 62 (2001): 329-332 (this part written by H. Vey alone).

Inscriptions

lower center on cartouche in brown ink: (illegible inscription) 1593

Wikidata ID

Q64536964

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