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Treatise on Silk Culture and Manufacture
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1527–1593)
about 1586
Place of Creation: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Medium/Technique
Thirteen drawings in pen and blue ink and brush with blue wash, with autograph letter
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.8 x 19 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 30.8 x 19 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number50.6.15
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Prague: about 1586-1587
Catalogue Raisonné
Macandrew 008 (1-14)
Description(Prague: about 1586-1587) Fourteen leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-.14 (Hoffmann album)
ProvenanceAbout 1586, Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)