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An alternative attribution to Valentin Lefèvre has been suggested
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JOSEPH WERNER* (1637-1710)
The Rape of Europa
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash heightened with white, on blue-grey paper
7 x 11 1/8in. (177 x 282mm.)
The Rape of Europa
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash heightened with white, on blue-grey paper
7 x 11 1/8in. (177 x 282mm.)
Provenance
K.E. Hasse (L. 860)
with Kurt Meissner
with Kurt Meissner
Literature
J.K. Füssli, Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Suthweiz, II, Zürich, 1769, p. 162
G.K. Nagler, Künstlerlexikon, Munich, 1851, XXI, p. 305
J. Glaesemer, Joseph Werner (1637-1710), Munich, 1974, no. 14
G.K. Nagler, Künstlerlexikon, Munich, 1851, XXI, p. 305
J. Glaesemer, Joseph Werner (1637-1710), Munich, 1974, no. 14
Exhibited
Bremen, Zürich, Münster and Baden-Baden, Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, 1967-8, no. 211a, illustrated
Stanford, Detroit and New York, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Kurt Meissner, 1969-70, no. 84, illustrated Zurich, Scholon Jegenstorf, Joseph Werner, 1973, no. 6
Zürich, Scholon Jegenstorf, Joseph Werner, 1973, no. 6
Stanford, Detroit and New York, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Kurt Meissner, 1969-70, no. 84, illustrated Zurich, Scholon Jegenstorf, Joseph Werner, 1973, no. 6
Zürich, Scholon Jegenstorf, Joseph Werner, 1973, no. 6