HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (CIRCLE OF) (Augsburg 1497-1543 London) Design for a Glass Panel with Figures Seated around a Dining Table.
Pen and brown ink and gray and brown wash on cream laid paper. 420x275 mm; 16 1/2x10 7/8 inches. Inscribed "H. H." in brown ink, lower left recto, and dated "1522" in brown ink, upper center recto. Three circles with a cross, letters and indiscernable figures watermark (similar to Briquet 3245, which he dates to Milan around 1590). Ex-collections Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri, ink inscription lower right recto (see Lugt 446); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119, lower right recto); E. Desperet (Lugt 721, lower right recto); Howard C. Levis (Lugt 565, verso); John Hudson Hall, Jr.; private collection, New York.
