The Jack of Parrots

Master PW of Colognec. 1500

Details

Title: The Jack of Parrots
Creator: Master PW of Cologne
Date Created: c. 1500
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 6.9 × 6.7 cm (2 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance: The British Museum, duplicate (Lugt 300 and 305); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966, L2770], Vienna;[1] (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); sold to (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); sold 6 February 1948 to Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1948 to NGA. [1]This print is inventory no. 828 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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