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The Annunciation

last third 1600s

Johann Jakob von Sandrart

(German, 1655–1698)

Germany, 17th century

Black and red chalk with white gouache, framing lines in black chalk and black ink

Support: Brown laid paper laid down on brown laid(?) paper, laid down on a teriary support of beige(1) wove paper

Sheet: 19.5 x 17.7 cm (7 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 19.5 x 17.7 cm (7 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Tertiary Support: 19.5 x 17.7 cm (7 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1967.133

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

[by artist?], on pris-dieu, in black ink: [illegible] ; VERSO (of primary or secondary support), in ink: [about 25 lines of script] ; VERSO OF TERTIARY SUPPORT, center, in graphite: 16 [partially erased] ; center, in graphite : 346 ; center, in graphite: No 110[L?] ; lower right, in graphite: [e/c?][circled] ; lower right, in red pencil: A ; lower right, in graphite: No 3059

Provenance
[J.G. Bergmuller, Augsberg] (on old mat in photo in departmental file); [Herbert N. Bier]
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).

Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1967.133