The Bohemian trophy

Details

AFTER ALBRECHT DÜRER (NUREMBERG 1471-1528)
The Bohemian trophy
pen and brown ink, watercolor, watermark two towers
16 1/4 x 11 in. (41 x 28 cm)

Provenance

Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (L. 2773); H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6-11 May 1910, lot 228 (as School of Dürer).
Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London; Christie’s, London 10-14 July 1936, lot 345b (as German School).
Robert Witt (1872-1952), London.

Literature

F. Winkler, Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers, Berlin, 1938, III, p. 99, under no. 695.
W.L. Strauss, The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1974, III, p. 1716, under no. 1518/7.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This sheet, previously in the prestigious Von Lanna and Oppenheimer collections, corresponds closely to a sheet, of equally impressive dimensions, in the so-called Ambras Album owned by the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Strauss, op. cit., no. 1518/7, ill.). It is considered the neat and coloured replica of a pen drawing at the Albertina (inv. 4850; see Strauss, op. cit., no. 1518/6, ill.), itself part of a series of designs depicting horsemen wearing trophies of several nations (Strauss, op. cit., nos. 1518/2-1518/8, ill.).

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