Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History

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.

Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History

Eyck, Barthélemy van

c. 1442

Accession Number

2006.11.68

Medium

pen and brown ink with watercolor, heightened with white, on vellum

Dimensions

overall: 31.4 x 20.1 cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner