Study for Two Book Illustrations
Study for Two Book Illustrations is a drawing in pen and brown ink over black chalk; incised for transfer, made early to mid-19th century by Carl Alexander von Heideloff (German, Stuttgart 1789–1865 Haßfurt). It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Drawings and Prints collection, accession 63.540.6. It entered that collection as The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963. It measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (14 x 20.9 cm).
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What the sources state
• Accession number: 63.540.6 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Maker: Carl Alexander von Heideloff (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Maker's dates: German, Stuttgart 1789–1865 Haßfurt (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Acquired: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Made: early to mid-19th century (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Collection: Drawings and Prints (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (14 x 20.9 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk. Incised for transfer. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Object: Drawing (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)) • Title: Study for Two Book Illustrations (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6))
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Museum record · Institutional or primary · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Study for Two Book Illustrations (accession 63.540.6)
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