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 | Studies of a Left Leg and a Right Hand |
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| Material and technique | Black and red chalk, on greyish-beige paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Bernardo Strozzi
Previously attributed: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti) |
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| Accession number | I 67 (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 1601-1644 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Object |
All about the artist
Bernardo Strozzi
Genua 1581 - Venetië 1644
The painter Bernardo Strozzi spent his early life as a Capucine monk in the monastery in Genua, Italy. After Rubens' stay in that city in 1607, Strozzi's style...
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