Circle of Jacopo da Pontormo

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Circle of Jacopo da Pontormo
1494-1556
Four Women, One Carrying a Child and One Crouching, About to Fill a Jug
ca. 1535-1555
Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, with white opaque watercolor corrections, on laid paper; lined.
10 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches (255 x 115 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 20
Notes: 

Watermark: none visible through lining.
The drawing was classified as by Pontormo while in the Fairfax Murray collection (Jacopo Carucci Pontormo. Pontormo 1494-1557 Florence). Subsequently given to Rosso Fiorentino by Berenson, an attribution with which later scholars, however, did not agreeFormerly attributed to

Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso of lining, at top and bottom center, in graphite, "Pontormo; K."

Provenance: 
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: 

Pontormo, Jacopo da, 1494-1556, Formerly attributed to.
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
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: 

Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 20 (as Pontormo); Toronto 1926, 20, no. 38 (as Pontormo); Berenson 1938, 2: 315, no. 2448D (as Rosso Fiorentino); New York 1939, 20, no. 68 (as Pontormo); Barocchi 1950, 226 (as school of Girolamo da Carpi).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 20 (as Jacopo Pontormo).

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Pontormo, Jacopo da
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints