Hans Jakob Plepp
ca. 1557/60-1597/98
Design for Stained Glass with the Arms of the Merian Family of Basel
15 3/8 x 11 15/16 inches (390 x 303 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper; framing line in pen and black ink.
1985.74
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr. in memory of Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: coat of arms with a crozier supported by a basilisk (Briquet 1380).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink at lower left, "6619"; on verso at upper left in pen and black ink at upper left, "No 94.-"; at center, "Otto Nesner"; in pen and brown ink at lower left, "11C+ 11 8"; in graphite at lower center, "uru".
Associated names
Laube, August, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K. Jr., Mrs., donor.
Thorne, Landon K. Jr., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 368.
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Century Drawings
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