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Design for a Salt with a Swan
Unidentified artist, German, about 1500 (German, about 1500)
Formerly attributed to: Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503–1553)
Formerly attributed to: Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503–1553)
early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Pen and dark brown ink, gray and yellow-brown wash, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet :23.7 x 16.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lucy Dalbiac Luard Fund
Accession Number1985.436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and dark brown ink at borrom: "Darünter kann / man die.../ ...aber unt ; Farben in Kristall [illegible name]." On mount red ink below right "P.V." (said to be ex. coll. Peter Vischer, cf. Lugt 2115-16). Verso: black ink "nessuer / Augustin Hirschvogel. --fec. / Prag-Wien"
ProvenancePeter Vischer (1751-1823, Lugt 2115-2116); August Laube, Switzerland; from whom purchased by the MFA, Boston (Accession date: September 24, 1985)