Design for a Saltcellar

Provenance

Hippolyte Destailleur (died 1893), Paris; sold, Morgand, Paris, May 19-23, 1896, lot 174. Alfred Beurdeley (died 1919), Paris [Lugt 421]. Given by Mrs. Lester Abelson to the Art Institute, 1966.

Design for a Saltcellar

Hans Friedrich Schorer

17th century

Accession Number

25681

Medium

Pen and black ink, and brush and gray wash, over graphite, on buff laid paper

Dimensions

32.3 × 33.5 cm (12 3/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lester Abelson