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Drawing, Design for a Silver Standing Cup

This is a Drawing. It was created by Wenzel von Olmütz and attributions: Israhel van Meckenem. It is dated 1498 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper, cut out and laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Marie Torrance Hadden.

Its dimensions are

41.8 x 24.6 cm (16 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.) Mount: 47.0 x 30.5 Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: partially visible horn, in mount

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Silver Standing Cup; Wenzel von Olmütz; Attributions: Israhel van Meckenem (German, ca. 1440 - 1503); Germany; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper, cut out and laid down; 41.8 x 24.6 cm (16 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.) Mount: 47.0 x 30.5 Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Marie Torrance Hadden; 1944-9-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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