Twee vrouwenhoofden

attributed to Hans Pleydenwurff, c. 1456

Studieblad met twee vrouwenhoofden, naar elkaar toegewend.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1947-25
  • Dimensionsheight 100 mm x width 151 mm
  • Physical characteristicsPen in bruin op papier geprepareerd met rode grond

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Twee vrouwenhoofden

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1947-25

  • Description

    Studieblad met twee vrouwenhoofden, naar elkaar toegewend.

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): attributed to Hans Pleydenwurff, Bamberg

  • Dating

    c. 1456

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    Pen in bruin op papier geprepareerd met rode grond

  • Dimensions

    height 100 mm x width 151 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the I.Q. van Regteren Altena Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Zimmerman-Taylor Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2025-08-18

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; collection Count Antoine-François Andréossy (1761-1828), Paris and Montauban; his heirs; their sale, Paris (Paul Navoit), 13 April 1864 sqq., no. 215, as Jean de Beer; ...; collection Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris (L. 119); his sale, Paris (Maurice Delestre), 16 April-12 May 1877, no. 51, as Lucas de Leyde ...; collection Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1844-1925), Darmstadt (L. 2879); anonymous sale, Stuttgart (H. G. Gutekunst), 25-26 May 1903, no. 18, as Anonymer niederdeutscher Meister des XV. Jahrhunderts; ...; collection Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague (L. 2773); his sale, Lepke, Berlin, 22 May 1911, no. 112, as Niederländische Meister; ...;  Arthur Feldmann (1877-1941), Brno; Lucerne (Gilhofer & Ranschburg), 28 June 1934, no. 177, as Mittelrheinischer Zeichner, aus dem Kreise des Hausbuchmeisters, um 1480, unsold and returned to owner; from whom confiscated by the Gestapo, 15 March 1939; ...; ? anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 16 October 1946 (lot number not known); ...; the dealer William Redford (1912-2004), London; sold by dealer Hans M. Calmann (1899-1982), London, ? on behalf of William Redford, to the museum, 1947; restituted to the Feldmann heirs, 2024; from whom purchased by the museum, in 2025. 

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1947), p. 29.

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