Bookplate of Hieronymus Baumgartner

Barthel Behamc. 1530

Details

Title: Bookplate of Hieronymus Baumgartner
Creator: Barthel Beham
Date Created: c. 1530
Physical Dimensions: plate: 8.7 × 7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet: 10.6 × 8.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Provenance: Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966], Vienna (Lugt 2770) [1]; (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1948; gift to NGA, 1948. [1] This print is inventory no. 838 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).
Medium: engraving on laid paper

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