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The Fable of the Hermit and His Ass
between 1500 and 1540
Hans Burgkmair (Artist) German, 1473-1531 Hans Leonard Schäufelein (Artist) German, 1480-1540
Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 3 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (9.2 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 3 7/8 × 13 5/8 inches (9.8 × 34.6 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S202.B
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]
Stamp, in blue, verso: Franz Baumgartner (?) (Lugt 2827)
Provenance
Franz Baumgartner? (Vienna, Austria)
September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Leonard Schäufelein; after Hans Burgkmair, The Fable of the Hermit and His Ass, between 1500 and 1540, woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S202.B.
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