Giovanni da Bologna, c. 1587

Not on View

Medium

black and red chalks on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 14.5 x 12.7 cm (5 11/16 x 5 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1984.3.11

Artists / Makers

Joseph Heintz the Elder (artist) Swiss, 1564 - 1609

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: (artist's monogram); upper center: Joan de Boloniga; center verso: Joh v. Bologna; lower right verso: H. Goltz; lower center verso: H Goltzius 6

Provenance

Julius S. Held

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

1967: 15th & 16th Century European Drawings, (American Federation of the Arts) National Gallery of Art, Washington and tour, 1967-1968, no. 44.

1970: Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 81.

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 102, as.

Bibliography

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, 87.

2001: Robison, Andrew, "Later American Collectors of Later German Drawings," Master Drawings 39, no. 2, Summer 2001, 173, 175, fig. 4.