Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Seated Woman Holding a Dagger (Lucretia) with a Satyr and Young Boy. Verso: Draped Male Nude, Standing, Term
10 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (259 x 399 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, and gray wash, with lead white opaque watercolor (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on blue paper; verso: black chalk, with white chalk.
1985.84
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Verso: Sketch of a standing, draped male figure, in black chalk.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed near lower edge, in pen and brown ink, by the artist, "Done famose Luchrez[...] romana"; on verso, at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "P. Farinato / 57"; at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "514?".
Watermark: Balance or anchor in circle.
Watermark: Balance or anchor in circle.
Associated names
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Turnor, W., former owner.
Howard, F., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Turnor, W., former owner.
Howard, F., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 52, repr.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 88, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 337-338.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 88, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 337-338.
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