Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Seated Male Figure Holding a Book

Attributed to Paolo Farinati
1524-1606

Seated Male Figure Holding a Book

10 1/2 x 9 inches (268 x 229 mm)
Black chalk, with white chalk, on blue paper.
IV, 79

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at top, right of center, in pen and brown ink, "Tre(?) 3"; on verso of lining, "12 / 5 / 27 Pu(?) 1823; 44".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 79, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department