Domenico Beccafumi

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Domenico Beccafumi

1486-1551

Head of an Old Man with Open Mouth

1529-1535

Egg tempera on brown paper; outlines indented; varnished.

11 1/4 x 8 inches (285 x 203 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

I, 19b

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Watermark: none visible through lining.

Provenance:

Sir Joseph Hawley; Sir Henry Hawley; London, Christie's, 16 July 1891, lot 194, one of ten "A series of Studies - in oil, by an unknown Artist"; bought by bought by Fairfax Murray (according to Gordley 1968); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.

Associated names:

Hawley, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1813-1875, former owner.
Hawley, Henry, Sir, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

Bibliography:

Judey 1932, 149, no. 225; Mongan and Sachs 1940, 1: 54, no. 66; Sanminiatelli 1955, 36, no. 2; New York 1959, no. 17, XV; New York 1965-66, 47, no. 61; Sanminiatelli 1967, 127, no. 17; Gordley 1988, 205, 393-94, nos. 83, 96; Baccheschi 1977, 100, 103 no. 111; Amsterdam 1981, 20, no. 33; Torriti 1998, no. D106; Eitel-Porter and Marciari 2019, 305-6.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 47, no. 61, repr.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 39, 45 (repr.)

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