The Bust of a Girl with a Wreath of Vine Leaves in Her Hair

Giovanni-Antonio Boltraffio (in circa 1487-1516)

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THIEURMEL SYLVAIN asked

Bonjour,
Je souhaiterais savoir s' il est possible d' obtenir une photographie couleur de ce dessin?
bien cordialement
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Sylvain, excuse me for answering in English. Yes this is possible. Please send your request to images@boijmans.nl. They will also tell you the credit line in case you want to publish the image. Kind regards, Els

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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

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Title	The Bust of a Girl with a Wreath of Vine Leaves in Her Hair
Material and technique	Metalpoint, pen and brush and brown ink, the outlines later strenthened with black and red chalk, on grey prepared paper
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object

Artists	Draughtsman: Giovanni-Antonio Boltraffio
Accession number	I 463 (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 1487-1516
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object