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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.258
People
Copy after Martin Schongauer, German (Colmar c. 1450 - 1491 Breisach am Rhein)
Title
Man of Sorrows, after Schongauer
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299727

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray and brown wash, and graphite
Dimensions
14.2 x 16.5 cm (5 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: # [or H]; old mat: Martin Schöen Der Schmerzonsmann mit der Mutter Gottes Johannes und Engel in Arabesque Copie nach Martin Schoen von Michael Wolgemuth see Frenzel Friesen catalogue (4.B 17 Um Wenige [ ] Verschnitten (Wenseslaus) Bartsch 4.17) See Otto catalogue by Reed Weigel for Wenzel von Olmütz (1490) (who engraved it) See also the Cat. of the Von Friesen Cabinet by Dr. Frenzel for this drawing which was probably made to be engraved by Wesceslaus von Olmutz as they agree. $50.00 See Baron Friesen who also in his cat. called it Michel Wolgemuth. Von Friesen was Gr chamberlain to the King of Saxony; mat: This is a comparatively modern drawing based on Schongauer G69 (no. 70 of the Amand-Durand reproductions in the Von Friesen catalogue, n. 252 no. 3007. It appears under [ ] but it is distinctly said that it is probably a copy "von den bekennten Schorer" 16-17 century.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Von Friesen

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
1898.258
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, p. 164

Verification Level

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