Jan 23, 2003 - Sale 1957

Sale 1957 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 431
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
JOHANN MATHIAS KAGER (ATTRIBUTED TO)
(Munich 1575-1634 Augsburg)
A Sybil Reading with a Child Holding a Torch.

Pen and black ink and brown wash on cream laid paper. 272x182 mm; 10 3/4x7 1/4 inches. Shield with a mounted pinecone and the letters MM and A watermark.

The current work is based on Ugo da Carpi's chiaroscuro woodcut from circa 1520 (Bartsch 6) which was in turn derived from a drawing by Raphael.