Renderings of an Ivory Carving of Ariadne from the 6th Century and an Ivory Plaque from the 9th Century

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and graphite, heightened with white on heavy card

Dimensions

overall: 30.5 x 22.1 cm (12 x 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.150.67

Artists / Makers

Herman Wilhelm Soltau (artist) German, 1812 - 1861

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: No 30; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 38

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Wm STHAMER, Lugt undescribed); (Bury Street Gallery [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, November 1986; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Bury Street Gallery
O'Neal, William B., Professor

Exhibition History

1986: Bernheimer Gallery, London, November-December 1986.

Bibliography

1993: National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 95.