DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Studies of Three Men's Heads and a Chalice; verso: Landscape

16th century

Artists

Master of the Hortulus AnimaeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent watercolor, brown ink, and pink and white opaque watercolor on gray prepared paper; verso: brown ink

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 8 x 9.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Jeremiah Meyer, London, his sale; [Greenwood, London, 3-6 March 1790], sold; to Uvedale Price, Herefordshire, his sale; [Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, 3 May 1854, lot 101 (as Holbein)]. William Russell, London, his sale; [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10-12 December 1884, lot 356 (as Holbein)], sold; to William Mitchell, London (L. 2638 with his mark), his sale; [F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 7 May 1890, lot 56 (as Holbein)], sold; to Wawra (possibly C.J. Wawra, Vienna). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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