DrawingsSwiss16th century

Pietà

1519

Artists

Hans Leu the YoungerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and white gouache on green prepared paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.5 x 20.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Gruenling. Weigel. Adalbert von Lanna, Prague [sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May 6 -11, 1910, lot 346]. Emile Wauters, Paris and Brussels (Lugt 911) sale, [Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, June 15-16, 1926, lot 97, repr.]. Henry Oppenheimer, London, sale [Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 392] to; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London] to; The Hon. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936

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