Regensburg School, late 16th Century

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Regensburg School, late 16th Century

The Baptist (?) preaching, seen from the back

signed (?) with a monogram 'A MR (?)' and with inscription 'gnad dir der Ewig Gott + ist zu Regensburg gestorben'; bodycolour and watercolour, on dark green prepared paper
196 x 145mm.

Provenance

P. Vischer (L. 2115 and L. 2116)

Lot Essay

The technique of this sheet recalls drawings by Melchior Bocksberger (1520/30-1587) who worked in Regensburg; for example Belshazzar's Feast in the Ashmolean, K.T. Parker, Catalogue of the Collection
of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Netherlandish, German, French and Spanish Schools, Oxford, 1938, I, no. 278, pl. L

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