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The image shows two figures against a plain background. On the left, a person is kneeling and presenting a large chalice. This person has a youthful face, curly hair, and wears a robe. On the right, another person is leaning forward toward the chalice. This person has a bearded face, long hair, and wears an elaborate robe. A stream of red flows from the chalice towards their mouth.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
"Do Not Make Water on Clippings from Nails or Hair" [fol. 30 recto]
French early 16th Century
- Date
- c. 1512/1515
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2006.11.56
- 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
- Cup
- child
- portrait
- Hat
- Man
- Blood
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.
Inscription
center left in pen and brown ink: DiLecfio.
Watermarks
Briquet 13542
NGA object ID 86062. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.