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Treatise on Silk Culture and Manufacture
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1527–1593)
about 1586
Place of Creation: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Medium/Technique
Thirteen drawings in pen and blue ink and brush with blue wash, with autograph letter
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.8 x 19 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 30.8 x 19 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number50.6.15
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Prague: about 1586-1587
Catalogue Raisonné
Macandrew 008 (1-14)
Description(Prague: about 1586-1587) Fourteen leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-.14 (Hoffmann album)
The group of drawings is preceded by an autograph letter from the artist to Baron Hoffmann, and bound into the Hoffmann volume of ornamental prints.
The group of drawings is preceded by an autograph letter from the artist to Baron Hoffmann, and bound into the Hoffmann volume of ornamental prints.
ProvenanceAbout 1586, Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)