Death of Cleopatra

1547

Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [counterproof]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irregular hexagon): 11.2 x 15.1 cm (4 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.48.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1917, 5, ii/ii [counterproof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Schab). (Colnaghi?). (sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 2 December 1949, part of no. 166). Richard Zinser; his estate; (N. G. Stogdon, Somerset); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1917

  • Schwarz 1917, 5, ii/ii [counterproof]

2007

  • N. G. Stogdon. German Landsacapes of the 16th Century. Somerset, 2007: no. 17.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: AH 1547 (backwards); by later hand, lower left center verso in graphite: 49/27

Wikidata ID

Q76438638

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