An Elaborate Altar with the Resurrection of Christ and the Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
1570/1580
Artist, Netherlandish, 1540 - 1599

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash on two joined sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 34 x 21.1 cm (13 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.167
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and Vaduz (Lugt 4398). Richard Tüngel [1892-1970], Ahrensburg. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2005
In Europa zu Hause: Niederländer in München/Citizens of Europe: Dutch and Flemish Artists in Munich c. 1600, Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 2005, 232, no. D22 (Thea Vignau-Wilberg).
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, 34, 50-51, no. 1
Bibliography
1978
Geissler, Heinrich. "Neues zu Friedrich Sustris" Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 29 (1978): 78-80, fig. 16.
1982
Laun, Ranier. Studien zur Altarbaukunst in Süddeutschland: 1560-1650. Munich, 1982: 53-54, 239, no. Z 27, fig. 128.
1985
Renaissance des Nordens. Meisterzeichnungen aus der École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Exh. cat. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Paris, 1985: 46, under no. 23.
1997
Strecker, Freya. Augsburger Altäre zwischen Reformation (1537) und 1635. Bildkritik, Repräsentation und Konfessionalisierung. Tübingen, 1997: 286, note 235, 290, fig. 97.
2003
Mayer, Bernd M., and Wilman Falk. Europäische Meisterzeichnungen aus der Sammlung der Fürsten zu Waldburg-Wolfegg. Exh. cat. Städtische Galerie Ravensburg. Ravensburg, 2003: 176, under no. 76.
Inscriptions
top right, graphite: 6
Watermarks
two-headed eagle
Wikidata ID
Q64570881