An Architectural Wall Design in Honor of Henry IV, the Gallic Hercules

c. 1600

Antonio Tempesta

Artist, Florentine, 1555 - 1630

Agostino Ciampelli

Artist, Florentine, 1565 - 1630

Antonio Tempesta or Agostino Ciampelli

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.2 x 46.6 cm (13 1/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.73.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H. Baderou, 1965; (Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (Lugt undesc)); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 43, as An Architectural Wall Design in Honor of Henry IV, the Gallic Hercules.

Bibliography

1989

  • Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament. The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. Amsterdam, 1989: no. 47.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: Annibale Carracci; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Primaticcio

Wikidata ID

Q64536275

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