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The image features an elderly man standing barefoot with a bent posture, holding a book close to his chest. He has a broad face, pronounced cheekbones, furrowed brows, curly hair, and a beard. He wears a tunic and stands on a square block with scattered stones around. The top right corner is marked "1514" and contains initials.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Standing Apostle Holding a Book
Hans Süss von Kulmbach
- Date
- c. 1510 or before
- Medium
- pen and black ink on laid paper, lightly washed pink
- Dimensions
- overall: 17.4 x 11.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1998.94.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Sharon Greer Phillips in memory of her husband Neil Franklyn Phillips
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- saints
- religious
- Nuremberg
- Apostle
Provenance
William Mayor (L. 2799) [d. 1874], London. Eva, Countess of Rosebery (sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1974, no. 1, as "Follower of Albrecht Dürer"); Yvonne tan Bunzl. (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 9 April 1981, no. 61, reproduced in color); (David Tunick, Inc., New York, 1981); Neil F. Phillips, Montpelier Station, VA, 1981; Mrs. Neil F. Phillips, Montpelier Station, VA; gift to NGA in 1998.
Inscription
upper right, falsely signed in black ink retraced with brown ink: AD (in monogram)/1514; lower left verso in graphite: DJIB
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