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SOUTHERN GERMAN ARTIST
(from 17th Century)
Count Babo with his 2 wives, 32 sons and 8 daughters
Count Babo’s gravestone with the inscription »Anno Domini 1020 starb
der edel gestrenge und wolgeborene Her Babo Graf und Her von
Abensperg dem Gott genedig sei! Amen! 1562.«
(Noble, well-born Count Babo, Lord of Abensperg, died anno domini
1020, may God have mercy on his soul! Amen! 1562), lies in front of
the crucifix.
Brush drawing in black with a wash in various shades of grey, around
788 x 1215 mm.
An old copy of a painting located in the museum in Abensberg.
Provenance: Private collection, Chemnitz |
