A bagpiper seated on a tree stump

Details

Attributed to Erhard Schön (Nuremberg circa 1491-1542)
A bagpiper seated on a tree stump
with numbers '271.' [crossed out] (recto) and '2' and '816' (verso)
pen and black ink
5¾ x 3½ in. (147 x 90 mm.)

Provenance

Possibly Henry Fuseli [J.H. Füssli], according to an inscription on the mount.
Anonymous sale; Foster's, 8 June 1921, lot 71 (to Oppé).

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Lot Essay

Campbell Dodgson is said to have accepted the attribution, although de Tolnay thought it was closer to Graf. The attribution to Schön is supported by the similarity of the penwork in studies in the British Museum (J. Rowlands, Drawings by German Artists, London, 1994, I, nos. 460-1, II, pl. 288).

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