The Three Marys

Johann Willinges1590s

Details

Title: The Three Marys
Creator: Johann Willinges
Date Created: 1590s
Physical Dimensions: sheet (corners trimmed off): 15 x 13.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Provenance: Falsified collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London [1723 - 1792] (Lugt 2364).[1] (sale, Christie's London, 9 July 1982, no. 444, as Rottenhammer). (Paul Drey Gallery, New York, 1993); George Allen; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 January 2000, no. 158); (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York, 2000); purchased 2000 by NGA. [1]For forged Reynolds collector's marks, see Donato Esposito, "Whats' in a Mark, or What Marks Can Tell Us: The Use and Abuse of the Collector's Mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792), _Les marques de collections II_, ed. Peter Fuhring and Cordelia Hattori, Dijon, 2011, 57-63 and 154-167. Donato Esposito confirmed that this was a falsified mark after seeing the drawing in person (e-mail, 9 September 2011).
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper

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