Perseus and Andromeda | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.255
People: Christoph Malach, German (active 1600 - 1625)
Attributed to Gabriel Weyer, German
Title: Perseus and Andromeda
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1620
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/299552

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown and blue wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 15.8 x 20.8 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: b.c., brown ink: CM 1620

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.255
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North...", Central European History (March 1985), vol. 18, checklist, p. 111
Alte Meister: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus der Graphischen Sammlung, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Bern (Bern, Switzerland, 2000), fig. 58, p. 184

Exhibition History

Drawings fom the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, a Selection from North American Collections, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 10/03/1982 - 11/22/1982; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/27/1983 - 04/11/1983; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 04/23/1983 - 06/19/1983

Verification Level

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