Pietà
DrawingsNetherlandish15th century

Pietà

c. 1470-1480

Artists

Simon MarmionArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Metalpoint over black and touches of red chalk (?) on gray-white prepared cream antique laid paper, partially incised
Culture
Netherlandish
Century
15th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.3 x 11.6 cm (6 x 4 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Perhaps Peter van Lint, Antwerp. Rev. Canon Lewis Gilbertson, London. Henry Oppenheimer, London, sold; [Christie’s, London, 10-14 July 1936, lot 269]; via [Heinrich Eisemann, London] to Ludwig Rosenthal, Bern (afterward called Lewis Valentine Randall, Montreal.) [Schaeffer Galleries, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1941; Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, Alpheus Hyatt Fund and William M. Prichard Fund, 1941.343.

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