Egg Dance outside a Tavern
DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Egg Dance outside a Tavern

16th century

Artists

Maerten de VosArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, extensively incised, on cream antique laid paper
Culture
Netherlandish
Century
16th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.6 x 29.3 cm (7 11/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly John Thane, London (L. 1544, without his mark). Possibly [W. R. Jeudwine, London.] Private Collector, Montreal. [Jon Nicolas Streep, New York] sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1963; The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 2011.517. NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.

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