Palatial Mantelpiece with Mercury and Hope [recto]

1571

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall (folded): 31.2 x 20.3 cm (12 5/16 x 8 in.)
    overall (unfolded): 31.2 x 41.1 cm (12 5/16 x 16 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.8.2.a

Associated Artworks

Palatial Mantelpiece with a Winged Triton [verso]

German 16th Century, Austrian 16th Century

1571

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Claude Kuhn, Basel); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center in pen and brown ink: Ano.D.O.M / .1.5.7.1.; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 22

Watermarks

Eagle [Briquet 274 (Innsbruck 1566-1571)]

Wikidata ID

Q64572005

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