Mars, the Choleric Temperament Artist: Maerten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574)

1565

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Pen and brown ink, traced for transfer

Dimensions

sheet: 21 × 24 cm (8 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
framed: 39.37 × 52.07 cm (15 1/2 × 20 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

1964.9.4

Geography

Made in The Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

16th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
William Stirling (later Sir William Stirling-Maxwell); Lt. Col. William Stirling of Keir (sale Sotheby's London 21 Oct 1963, #36 (with the Phlegmatic Temperament); Schaeffer Galleries, NY, 1964, from whom purchased
Bibliography
  • Suzanne Boorsch and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 28, 73–75, 89, 98, 111, 158, no. 15, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Signed

in pen and brown ink, BC: "Heemskerck"; dated BR: "1565"

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