St Margaret of Antioch Trampling a Dragon

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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

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Title	St Margaret of Antioch Trampling a Dragon
Material and technique	Black chalk, pen and brown ink
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object

Artists	Draughtsman: Albrecht Dürer
Accession number	D I 273 (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 1486
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object

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