Madonna and Child Appearing to a Supplicant, c. 1600

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink and gray wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.3 x 20 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner

Accession Number

2001.49.1

Artists / Makers

Georg Neher (artist) Bohemian, active c. 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Georg Neher Maler in Prag; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Georg Neher / Kleinseitner Maler in Prag / Siehe die alten Malerbücher / im (not deciphered) / ich fand den Namen des gleichen (not deciphered) / 1602, 1610, 1614, 1615, 1618 / (not deciphered)

Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague (Lugt 2773); (sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6-11 May 1910, no. 418). (H. Gilhofer & H. Ranschburg, Lucerne, 28 June 1934, lot 185). Siegfried Laemmle [1863-1953], Munich, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner, Zurich; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Galerie Kurt Meissner
Laemmle, Siegfried
Lanna, Adalbert von, Baron

Bibliography

1969: Prybram-Gladona, Charlotte von. Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz. Munich, 1969: no. 6.