A Lion Artist: UnknownVenetian, last third of the 15th century

ca. 1480

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Pen and brown ink over traces of leadpoint or black chalk

Dimensions

sheet: 14.5 × 23 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
framed: 34.3 × 41.3 cm (13 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Tercentennial gift of Edmund P. Pillsbury, B.A. 1965

Accession Number

2001.75.2

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

15th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland; Sotheby's, New York, 14 January 1987, lot 14; Edmund P. Pillsbury
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), 23, 38–39, no. 1, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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