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Image Not Available for Angel Supporting the Body of the Dead Christ
Angel Supporting the Body of the Dead Christ
Image Not Available for Angel Supporting the Body of the Dead Christ

Angel Supporting the Body of the Dead Christ

Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Bartholomaus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
17th century
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink over traces of black and red chalk, squared in red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.9 x 17.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. )
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number63.2896
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
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-- erasedProvenanceDr. 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)
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mid-17th–early 18th century