This drawing is part of a group of 508 drawings from the Koenigs Collection, which was sold in the fall of 1940 by D.G. van Beuningen to Dr. Hans Posse, Hitler's Sonderbeauftragter Linz. This transaction was in violation of Dutch laws and international agreements. See the publication by Albert J. Elen, Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of The Netherlands, Den Haag 1989
Specifications
| Title | Two Ships (Twomasted) Without Crew |
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| Material and technique | Black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash and ink |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano)
Previously attributed: Anoniem |
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| Accession number | I 522 verso (PK) |
| Credits | Missing since World War II, see cat. Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of the Netherlands, The Hague 1989 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints (Pushkin claim) |
| Creation date | in circa 1415-1450 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Object |
