Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden / An Angel Supporting Two Escutcheons / c. 1470

Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden
An Angel Supporting Two Escutcheons
c. 1470
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Creator Name: Leyden, Nikolaus Gerhaert von
Creator Qualifier: Attributed to
Creator Nationality: European; Northern European; German
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1577 - 1640
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden
Title: An Angel Supporting Two Escutcheons
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1465
Creation End Date: 1475
Creation Date: c. 1470
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: black chalk or charcoal; framing lines in red pencil and graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 17.3cm x 21.2cm
Inscriptions: VERSO, right half, in graphite: [margin in white?] [illegible] [sideways]
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1962.205
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen and Delia E. Holden Funds
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Marquis Charles de Valori, Paris (Lugt 2500, lower left, in blue ink); [sale: Drouot, Paris, 1907, Nov. 26, lot 225, as Schongauer, repr. (according to departmental file)]. Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (according to Oppenheimer sale cat; Lugt 899, not stamped); [sale: Fredrick Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 1921, July 12-13, lot 129, as Netherlandish Master ca. 1490, repr.(according to departmental file)]. Henry Oppenheimer, London (Lugt 1351, not stamped); [sold: Christie's, Manson & Wood, July 10, 13 and 14, 1936, lot 336, as anonymous South German, 72 guineas]. Louis V. Randall (Ludwig Rosenthal), Montreal (not stamped); [sale: Sotheby's, London, May 10, 1961, lot 6, as School of the Upper Rhine, c. 1470, repr.]. [Richard H. Zinser, Long Island, N. Y.(accordingto departmental file)]
AMICA ID: CMA_.1962.205
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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