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Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History
Barthélemy d'Eyckc. 1442
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History
- Creator: Barthélemy van Eyck
- Date Created: c. 1442
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 31.4 x 20.1 cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Presumably, because of the French inscriptions, an early French collection; (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); sold to William Morris, Kelmscott House, 20 December 1894; Charles Fairfax Murray [1849-1919], 1895; (his sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 July 1919, lot 50); purchased (via Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London) by Sir Sydney Cockerell (sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1958, lot 22); Rudolf Drey (sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1977, lot 152); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; given by Andrea Woodner in 2006.
- Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor, heightened with white, on vellum
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