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
Three Motifs from the Crucifixion Fresco in Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, a Horseman, St. Francis Kneeling beneath the Cross, a Group of People Casting Dice
Pinturicchio (Bernardo di Betto di Biagio) (in circa 1475-1510)
Specifications
| Title | Three Motifs from the Crucifixion Fresco in Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, a Horseman, St. Francis Kneeling beneath the Cross, a Group of People Casting Dice |
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| Material and technique | Metal/silverpoint, brownish grey wash, heightened with white, on blueish-grey prepared paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Pinturicchio (Bernardo di Betto di Biagio)
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| Accession number | I 472 (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 1475-1510 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
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