Two Figures Seen from Behind

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Title	Two Figures Seen from Behind
Material and technique	Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 86 mm Width 86 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Anoniem
Accession number	I 534 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1450-1500
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Provenance	Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941, L.1023a), Haarlem, acquired in 1920-1930 (Verona, c. 1450); D.G. van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired with the Koenigs Collection in 1940 and donated to Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Research	Show research Italian Drawings 1400-1600
Material	Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Pen > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Brown ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Brown wash > Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture	Verona > Veneto region > Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Entry catalogue Italian Drawings 1400-1600

Author: Klazina Botke

Koenigs bought this charming little work as an Italian drawing made around 1450 in Verona. Both figures are wearing a pellanda, a voluminous cloak with long spreading sleeves and high collar which came into fashion as early as 1380 and was worn until the middle of the fifteenth century.^[1]The woman’s hat, a spherical cap with an extension at the back, looks very much like a piece of headgear that was popular north of the Alps at the beginning of the sixteenth century,^[2]so it is also possible that the drawing was made there.