"Speak Not Against the Sun" and "Do Not Make Water Facing the Sun" [fol. 39 recto]

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"Speak Not Against the Sun" and "Do Not Make Water Facing the Sun" [fol. 39 recto]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor and stylus on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.54
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Costume
  • Moon
  • Hat
  • Sword
  • Building
Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

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