Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil

Hans Leonhard Schäufeleinc. 1505

Details

Title: Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil
Creator: Hans Leonard Schäufelein
Date Created: c. 1505
Physical Dimensions: overall: 23.3 x 17.1 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Professor Jean Cantacuzino, Bucharest (1863 - 1934); by inheritance to his son, Alexandre Cantacuzino, Bucharest and Constantinople (1901 - 1980)(1); his heirs through mid 1980s; (sold to the antiquarian booksellers, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne); Private collection, Northern Germany, 1987; (purchased by Jörn Günther, Hamburg, 2000); German private collection (sale, Sotheby's London, 8 July 2004, no. 21); purchased 2004 by NGA. (1) See provenance notes in object file.
Medium: pen and brown ink with graphite framing lines on laid paper

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