Renderings of an Ivory Carving of Ariadne from the 6th Century and an Ivory Plaque from the 9th Century
Artist, German, 1812 - 1861
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and graphite, heightened with white on heavy card
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 22.1 cm (12 x 8 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.67
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right in brown ink: No 30; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 38
Wikidata ID
Q64574228