Eight Ladies in Ancient Costumes, 1567/1573

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 21.6 x 31 cm (8 1/2 x 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1971.66.7

Artists / Makers

Melchior Lorch (artist) Danish, 1526/1527 - 1583 or after

Image Use

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Inscription

Monogram on headress of fourth woman from right: FML; on skirt of third woman from left: SACHSEN; across bottom beneath figures: F. (twice), I. (five times)

Provenance

Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

Associated Names

Avnet, Lester F., Estate of

Bibliography

1974: Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:217.

1982: Kaufmann, 1982, No. 14 (as "Eight Women in Old German Costume").

1985: Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 91.