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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
Oo,9.8
Description
Design for part of an ornate dagger sheath with Mucius Scaevola and other figures. c.1565 Pen and black ink, with blue wash
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
Attributed to:
Georg Wechter I
Formerly attributed to:
Wenzel Jamnitzer
School/style
German
Production date
1565
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
100 millimetres
Width:
72 millimetres
(four corners cut)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This drawing is discussed by Ilse O'Dell-Franke in 'Print Quarterly', V 1988, p.147, and attributed to George Wechter on the basis of its similarity to a series of ornament prints by Wechter of 1579 (reproduced ibid).
Location
Not on display
Subjects
metalwork
arms/armour
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Richard Payne Knight
(bt. for #1-17s)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jonathan Richardson Senior
(2183)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
François Fagel
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Philipe
(20+.v.1799/174)
Acquisition date
1824
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Oo,9.8
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 Feb 2012