An Aedicule with Two Studies of Saint Christopher

c. 1340

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hans M. Calmann [1899-1982], London; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 7 September 1982; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 37 (verso illustrated).

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 49.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 40.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 38.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 48.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 1.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1983

  • Oberhuber, Konrad. "Sur quelques dessins Germaniques." Connaissance des arts. 376 (1983): 78 , 80 (reproduced).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 1.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right in pen and brown ink: Propensus, extensus vel festinus / Propensius, festinanter / Propyciatorium, ain pethauss vel gnadhauss vel stad / Quamobrem, quare et [cetera?] [adverbium?] Etiam pro ergo ponitur/[commune?] [est?] / Quominus, quosque / Quodsi, set si / Quodammodo, etlicher weiss / Extimplo, subito et dum statim ubi quidam dicunt / extemplo [...?] Tempus non timpus saltem / dices neque saltim Extemplo non extimplo / docet artis amicus / [illegible line] / Apud [per?] [denarium?] escribitur sicut apud [presentem?] / Ad per denarium.

Wikidata ID

Q64537066

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