A Young Man, 1486

  • Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519

Oil on linden panel

  • 16 × 12 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (40.6 × 31.1 × 4.1 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Kanzler

41.1

Inscribed, at top: L * 1-4 * 8-6 * hz

1940-1941, (A.F. Mondschein, New York, New York, USA)

purchased by Ernest Kanzler [1892-1967] and Josephine Clay Kanzler [1891-1954] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) as a gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts

January 1941, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Michael Wolgemut, A Young Man, 1486, oil on linden panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Karl Kanzler, 41.1.