Specifications
| Title | The Magnanimity of an Emperor |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, framing lines with the pen in gray ink |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 193 mm Width 143 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Anoniem
Previously attributed to: Gerard David |
| Accession number | N 138 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1480 |
| Signature | none |
| Watermark | none (vV, 8P, fine paper) |
| Condition | foxing (both sides) |
| Inscriptions | 'u' (at lower right, in pen and brown ink) |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Mark | F.W. Koenigs (L.1023a) |
| Provenance | Julius W. Böhler (1883-1966), Lucerne; with the rest of his collection to Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941), Haarlem, 1929 (Leiden, c. 1480); on loan to the museum, 1935-1940; purchased with the Koenigs collection by D.G. van Beuningen (1871-1955), Rotterdam and presented to the Stichting Museum Boymans, 1940; on loan to the museum since 1940 |
| Exhibitions | Paris/Rotterdam 2014, no. 7 |
| External exhibitions |
Bosch to Bloemaert. Early Netherlandish Drawings (2017) Bosch to Bloemaert. Early Netherlandish Drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2014) |
| Research |
Show research Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries |
| Literature | Schmidt-Degener 1941, p 110 (Netherlandish, c. 1480); Wescher 1946, p. 203 (attr. Gerard Horenbout); Pächt 1948, p. 70, no. 28 (Master of Mary of Burgundy); Biermann 1975, p. 84 (workshop Simon [?] Bening); Ainsworth 1998, pp. 40-42 (Master of Mary of Burgundy) |
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| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |