id: 144938
accession number: 1970.14
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Head of an Old Woman, c. 1500. Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465–1524). Silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite; sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); secondary support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.14
title: Head of an Old Woman
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creation date: c. 1500
creation date earliest: 1495
creation date latest: 1505
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
technique: silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - German
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465–1524) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
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description: laid paper prepared with a gray ground laid down on cream(3) laid paper
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inscription: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in graphite: L#. [2..h?] ; center, in black chalk: SAS [in ligature, collectors mark, see provenance] ; center right, in graphite: eÿck 30 ; VERSO OF FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), at left, in graphite: W. Hollar ; upper left, in graphite: B ; center, in graphite: [illegible]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1970
opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
title: Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1982-11-16T05:00:00
Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).
title: National Schools of Style
opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00
National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
title: The German Tradition
opening date: 1993-04-27T04:00:00
The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Unidentified collector (Lugt 178c (possibly Count Sparr, late 18th century Swedish Ambassador to England), verso of secondary support, inscribed in graphite). Mrs. E. Zwicky, Basel- Arlsheim (according to departmental cataloguing sheet); J. W. Zwicky (according to departmental cataloguing sheet). [Paul Drey Gallery, New York]
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 127
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n147
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.14/1970.14_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.14/1970.14_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.14/1970.14_full.tif