Master of the St. Barbara Legend
active 1470-1500
St. Barbara's Imprisonment in the Tower and Her Baptism
11 5/16 x 5 inches (287 x 127 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
III, 127
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
In a decorative panel. Companion piece in the Louvre shows various scenes of the Martyrdom of St. Barbara.
In a decorative panel. Companion piece in the Louvre shows various scenes of the Martyrdom of St. Barbara.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink, "Lucas van Leyden"; on verso, in Rijmsdijk's hand, in brown ink, "B 1".
Associated names
Anonymous, Flemish School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active approximately 1770, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active approximately 1770, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 4, no. 4, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 127, repr. (as Flemish, 15th cent.)
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 127, repr. (as Flemish, 15th cent.)
Classification
Century Drawings
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