A Man Overpowered By Thieves, c. 1554

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Medium

black ink and gray wash on buff laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 8.1 x 11.1 cm (3 3/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of J. Carter Brown

Accession Number

2000.96.1

Artists / Makers

Heinrich Aldegrever (artist) German, 1502 - 1555/1561

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, across center verso in graphite: (not deciphered) / Aldegrever

Provenance

Hofrath Drächsler, Vienna, by 1867; Wilhelm Koller, Vienna [d. 1871] (Lugt 2632); John Nicholas Brown, Providence, R.I.; his son, J. Carter Brown, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Brown, J. Carter, Mr.
Brown, John Nicholas
Koller, Wilhelm

Exhibition History

2007: Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1866: Waagen, G.F. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Vienna, 1867, 2:196.