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The Scene at Golgotha before the Crucifixion

Master of the Herpin Manuscript
active 1480s

The Scene at Golgotha before the Crucifixion

ca. 1490
9 3/16 and 7 13/16 inches (234 x 198 mm)
Pen and black ink on laid paper.
1950.1

Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "L."; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Lambertus Lombardus 1550"; collector's stamp of Lionel Lucas (Lugt 1733) at center near bottom margin; on verso, in the same hand as on the inscription on the recto, at upper center in pen and brown, "Lambertus Lombardus, otherwise Suttermans / or Suavius born in Liege. He was Painter, Architect, Graver & Sculptor. He flourished 1550."
Watermark: Possible bull's head with cross, drawing is lined with thick adhesive and watermark image is almost indecipherable.
Associated names
Lucas, Lionel, 1822-1862, former owner.
Lucas, Claude, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. First Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1950, p. 49-50.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 155.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 63, repr. [Achim Riether]
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department