A Wine Decanter with Lions and Putti

Master of the Medici Banquet Decanters1650/1670

Details

Title: A Wine Decanter with Lions and Putti
Creator: Master of the Medici Banquet Decanters
Date Created: 1650/1670
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 33.8 x 24.1 cm (13 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Thomas Tomkins (1743 - 1816). (sale, Mr. Hickman's Gallery, London, 25-28 February 1818, no. 289). Robert Stayner Holford [1808-1892]; his son, Sir George Lindsay Holford, K.V.O.C. [1860-1926]; (his sale, Sotheby's London, 22 May 1928, no. 29B). (sale, Christie's London, 18 March 1975, no. 80). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Medium: pen and brown ink with blue wash over graphite on light beige laid paper

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