A Sibyl

c. 1470

Swabian 15th Century

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cornelius Ploos van Amstel [1797-1872] (Lugt 3002-3004), Leyden; Josef Camesina de Pomal [1765-1827] (Lugt 429), Vienna; Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 June 1978, no. 9, as by Nuremberg Master); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift 2006 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 38 (as Circle of Hans Pleydenwurff).

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 50 (as Circle of Hans Pleydenwurff).

  • Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1986, no. 39 (as Circle of Hans Pleydenwurff).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 8.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2010

  • Van Eyck to Dürer: Early Netherlandish Painting & Central Europe 1430-1530, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 2010-2011, no. 127, repro.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1983

  • Oberhuber, Konrad. "Sur quelques dessins Germaniques." Connaissance dea arts. 376 (1983): 80 (reproduced).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 8.

2011

  • Waterman, Joshua P. " Sibyl." In Van Eyck to Dürer: The Influence of Early Netherlandish Painting on European Art, 1430-1530. Edited by Till-Holger Borchert. Exh. cat. Bruges 2010. London, 2011: 291, no. 127, 527, color fig.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: MW; by Josef Camesina de Pomal, lower center verso in pen and black ink: Jos Camesinaj / Pomal 1825.; by Cornelius Ploos van Amstel, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: Wolgemuth f. 1439 / geb. Nuremburg 1492 / 1434 - 1420 / 5.7 1/2 / 6 5d / L

Watermarks

balance in circle (lower fragment) (similar to Briquet 2562-2564, 2568)

Wikidata ID

Q64632879

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