DrawingsGerman14th century

Design for Illuminated Initial (Knight); verso: Gothic Pinnacle with Crockets

14th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on parchment; verso: black ink

Culture

German

Century

14th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.5 x 5.8 cm (5 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Eugene Rodrigues, Paris, sold; [Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, July 12-13, 1921, no. 231]. [The Lucerne Fine Art Co., Ltd., F. W. Steinmeyer, Lucerne,1935]; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, 1935, gift; to Fogg Museum of Art, 1954.

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