Hans von Aachen
Temptation of Christ

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Temptation of Christ
Dateno date
PlaceGermany
MediumInk and wash on laid paper, mounted on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (22.6 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number69.16
Not on view

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Provenance[H. Shickman Gallery, New York, by December 18, 1969]; purchased by MFAH, 1969.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Dutch Mannerism: Apogee and Epilogue," Vassar College Art Museum, Poughkeepsie, New York, 15 April - 7 June 1970.

Exhibited: "Antwerp's Golden Age," Rice Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 8 February - 23 March, 1975 (LN.75.3).

Exhibited: "Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire 1540-1680: a Selection from North American Collections," The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 3 October - 22 November 1982; National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 23 January - 11 April, 1983; and the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 23 April - 19 June 1983 (LN:82.9)

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