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Artist/Maker
Peter Vischer the Elder
(German, 1455 – 1529)
Photographer
Unknown artist
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 8 5/8 in. (26.7 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.291
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting (from left to right) King Arthur by Peter Vischer the Elder, Ferdinand I by Gilg Sesselschrieber, Ernst Duke of Austria by Gilg Sesselschrieber, and Theodoric the Great by Peter Vischer the Elder in the tomb of Maximillian I in Innsbruck.
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed
Verso (pencil): "Fl 2342 Innsbruck, Hofkirche / Theodorich Gruppe"
Friedrich Wurthle
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.294
Friedrich Wurthle
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.292
Friedrich Wurthle
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.293
Henry Moore
Date: 1969 (published 1970)
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1988.21
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
Sénèque Obin
Date: early 1960s
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 1981.13
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 55 B.C.E.
Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.23
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, the elder
Date: First edition published 1507; second edition published 1519
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Object number: 1928.17
Crispijn de Passe, the elder
Date: unknown
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1928.21
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5