This drawing is part of a group of 508 drawings from the Koenigs Collection, which was sold in the fall of 1940 by D.G. van Beuningen to Dr. Hans Posse, Hitler's Sonderbeauftragter Linz. This transaction was in violation of Dutch laws and international agreements. See the publication by Albert J. Elen, Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of The Netherlands, Den Haag 1989
Specifications
| Title | Allegory of Logic (Woman with a Veiled Dragon in Her Hand) |
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| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Albrecht Dürer
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|---|---|
| Accession number | D I 41 (PK) |
| Credits | Missing since World War II, see cat. Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of the Netherlands, The Hague 1989 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints (Pushkin claim) |
| Creation date | in circa 1495 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Object |
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Albrecht Dürer
Neurenberg 1471 - Neurenberg 1528
Albrecht Dürer received his first lessons from his father, who was a goldsmith. He subsequently became a pupil of the painter Michael Wohlgemut. Dürer...
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