Maximilian, Duke of Austria, on Horseback

1492

Primary Master of the Strassburg Chronicle

Artist, German, active 1480s and 1490s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper ruled in leadpoint

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.7 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.11.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Biblioteca Künastiana, Denmark, 1667; (sale, London, Christie's, 28 June 1972, lot 31); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1973-74, no. 1B, repro.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; NGA, 1983-85, no.39A, repro.

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Albertina, Vienna and Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1986, no. 44, repro.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 53, repro.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 41, repro.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 51, repro.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 14, repro.

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.

2021

  • Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800-1500, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2021-2022.

  • Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800-1500, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1973

  • Anzelewsky, F. Von späten Mittelalter bis zu Jacques-Louis David. Exh. cat. Staatliche Museen, Berlin, 1973: mentioned under no. 10.

1987

  • Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 83, repro. p. 81.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 14.

2012

  • Schmidt, Peter. "Historigraphie und persönliche Aneignung von Geschichte. Die wiederentdeckte Künastsche Handschrift der Strassburger Chronik des Jakob Twinger von Königshofen." Schreiben und Lesen in her Stadt: Literaturbetrieb im spätmittelalterlichen Strassburg. 2012: 348, 368, 371, pls. 11a, 13 (detail).

Inscriptions

various notations overall; lower right in pen and black ink: 1492.

Watermarks

bull's head with star (similar to Briquet 14917-14941)

Wikidata ID

Q64619717

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