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Swiss 16th Century after Hans Holbein the Younger

Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat, c. 1526

Not on View

Medium

black chalk and wetted red chalk with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.3 x 19.6 cm (11 15/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Accession Number

2006.11.71

Artists / Makers

Swiss 16th Century (artist)

Hans Holbein the Younger (artist after) German, 1497/1498 - 1543

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Inscription

center left in black chalk: HH; by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: H Holbein

Provenance

Possibly Everhard Jabach [1610-1695], Paris (inscription close to Lugt 2991a); Samuel von Festetis [1806-1862], Vienna; Hofrat Philipp Dräxler von Carin; Joseph Carl von Klinkosch [1822-1888], Vienna, acquired 1874 (sale, Vienna, Wawra, 15 April 1889, lot 474); purchased by Baron Alfred Liebig, Vienna (sale, Vienna, Artaria, 22 March 1934, lot 551); Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza [1875-1947], Lugano; Gräfin Margit Battyany; (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 7 March 1960; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Heinrich, Baron
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1971: Woodner Collection I: A Selection of Old Master Drawings before 1700, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1971-72, no. 53.

1976: Old Master Drawings from American Collections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1976, no. 180.

1983: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 43.

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 66.

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 54.

1987: Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 54.

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 66.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 44.

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

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

Bibliography

n.d.: Ward, Roger. "Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Washington, D.C." The Burlington Magazine 126, no. 973 (April 1984): 252 (under no. 43).

1866: Waagen, G.F. Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien. Vienna, 1866-7: II: 196.

1937: Ganz, Paul. Die Handzeichnungen Hans Holbein d.J.: Kritischer Katalog. Berlin, 1937: 97, no. 465.

1937: Heinemann, Rudolf. Stiftlung Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz. 3 vols. Lugano-Castagnola, 1937-41: 1:73-74, no. 198.

1939: Ganz, Paul. Les dessins de Hans Holbein le jeune: Catalogue raisonnée. Geneva, 1939: 139, no. 465.

1943: Ganz, Paul. Handzeichnungen Hans Holbein der Jüngere in Austwahl. Basel, 1943: no. 20.

1950: Waterhouse, Ellis K. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Holbein and Other Masters of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Exh. cat. 2nd ed. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1950-1: 64, mentioned under no. 133.

1983: Matteson, Lynn R. "Old Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection." Pantheon. XLI (1983): 386-87.

1983: Oberhuber, Konrad. "Sur quelques dessins germaniques." Connaissance des Arts 376 (1983): 79-80.

1987: Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 83, repro. p. 82.

1988: Cummings, Paul. "Interview: Ian Woodner Talks with Paul Cummings." Drawing. IX, 5 (1988): 108.

1993: Jaffé, Michael. Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth. Exh. cat. British Museum, London, 1993, mentioned under no. 203.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 44.