Design for a Saltcellar

Prints and Drawings

17th century

possibly Hans Friedrich Schorer
German, born 1585, active 1609-1649

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hans Friedrich Schorer
Title: Design for a Saltcellar
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1600–1629
Medium: Pen and black ink, and brush and gray wash, over graphite, on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 32.3 × 33.5 cm (12 3/4 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lester Abelson
Reference Number: 1966.338
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Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Art Museum, “Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire 1540-1680: A Selection from North American Collections,” October 1-November 22, 1982, cat. 37, cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann; traveled to Washington D.C., the National Gallery of Art, January 23-April 11, 1983; and Pittsburgh, Pa., the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, April 23-June 19, 1983.

Hippolyte Destailleur (died 1893), Paris; sold, Morgand, Paris, May 19-23, 1896, lot 174. Alfred Beurdeley (died 1919), Paris [Lugt 421]. Given by Mrs. Lester Abelson to the Art Institute, 1966.

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