Studies of Sudarium and Saint Agnes

Attributed to Tobias Stimmer

Associated Names
Tobias Stimmer

Artist, Swiss, 1539 - 1584

The image depicts several figures on a brown background. In the foreground, there is a partial depiction of a woman facing to the right with her head turned slightly to her left. She has long, wavy hair and is wearing a robe. To the left of her is a drawing of a lamb. Above the woman is a detailed drawing of a bird with outstretched wings. To the left is a drawing of a man's face with a crown of thorns, enclosed within a frame. The composition is surrounded by a plain, brown paper background with corner cuts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with white chalk on laid paper prepared with red wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 9.8 x 14.3 cm (3 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.11.224

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North America Collections" Central European History xviii (1985) 1:4-13, 70-74, 107.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: in later hand, across bottom verso: (2 illegible lines in gray ink or watercolor)

Wikidata ID

Q64536925

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