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Angel Supporting the Body of the Dead Christ
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
After: Bartholomaus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
After: Bartholomaus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
17th century
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink over traces of black and red chalk, squared in red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.9 x 17.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. )
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.2896
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Verso, l.l.: collector's mark, C. D. Ginsberg (Lugt 1145)
InscriptionsVerso upper center in graphite pencil: 4
Verso upper left in graphite pencil: Procaccinni?
Verso upper center in graphite pencil: Sadler?
Verso in graphite pencil [large script]: +3/3
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: ?Goltzius or / Rottenhammer
Recto lower left in graphite pencil-- erased
Verso upper left in graphite pencil: Procaccinni?
Verso upper center in graphite pencil: Sadler?
Verso in graphite pencil [large script]: +3/3
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: ?Goltzius or / Rottenhammer
Recto lower left in graphite pencil-- erased
ProvenanceDr. Christian David Ginsburg (b. 1831 - d. 1914), Palmer's Green, England. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)