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Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (?)

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (?)

(German, 1751–1829)
1788
Medium/TechniquePencil, heightened with white, on gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.5 x 13 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. )
Mat: 32 x 24.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number64.992
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in pen at bottom: "Sterkel / Maintz 1788, April"
ProvenanceRichard Ederheimer (b. 1885; Lugt 1711), New York; Heidsieck; private collection, Boston, MA; 1964, gift of anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)
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