"I Am Holding a Wolf by the Ears" (verso)

c. 1512/1515

French early 16th Century

Associated Names
French early 16th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a human figure grappling with a canine creature. The drawing depicts a nude figure, with flowing hair, engaged in a struggle with an upright, wolf-like animal on a small piece of ground surrounded by shrub-like forms. The lines are delicate and precise, indicating careful attention to anatomical detail and proportion. The background consists of faint text showing through from the reverse side, which seems to suggest that this is a page from an old illustrated manuscript or book.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink, heightened with gold on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.3 × 21.4 cm (6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.11.34.b

  • Series Title

    Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Associated Artworks

This is a drawing of an assembly of allegorical figures. The figures are labeled with Latin words representing virtues, vices, or societal roles. The composition includes elements like garments, figures, and scrolls with textures and shading to highlight materials and expressions.

A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]

French early 16th Century

1512

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; 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 and tour, 1973-74, no. 3 (illustrated) and 4 (verso).

Wikidata ID

Q64570817

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