Andromeda
Unknown Swiss, Swiss
late 16th century
Pen and black ink on paper
Overall: 7 1/8 × 12 1/8 in. (18.1 × 30.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Maida and George Abrams
D.970.32
Geography
Place Made: Switzerland, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on verso, collection mark of J. Peoli
Provenance
Likely acquired from M. de La Fontinelle, Paris; his sale, Hotel Drouot, 22-25 November 1865, likely no. 157 as Luca Giordano; where acquired by Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, (1825-1893) (Lugt 2020); from whose estate sold American Art Gallerys, New York, May 1894, likely no. 274 as "German School, Sixteenth Century'; Maida Stocker Abrams (1938-2002) and George S. Abrams, Boston, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1970.
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