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Attributed to René Boyvin
approximately 1525-approximately 1598
Design for Ornament with Two Male Nudes, One Holding a Pendant Cluster of Vegetables
Pen and brown ink, over charcoal, on light brown paper.
7 5/8 x 5 inches (194 x 127 mm)
Gift of H.M. Calmann.
1952.3
Notes:
This fragmentary sketch may be a copy after a portion of design for stucco decoration in one of the galleries at Fontainebleau.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of secondary support (now removed) in pen and brown ink, "Dubreuil/ marque ou vase fleurs"; in graphite, "René Boyvin".
Watermark: Pot with one handle, quatrefoil at top and letters in two lines across body of pot, including "ID[.. ]ONHL" (cf. Briquet 1285).
Provenance:
Marquis Charles de Valori d'Estilly, Prince Rustichelli (1821-1883), Paris (Lugt 2500; stamp at lower right); Hans Maximilian Calmann (1899-1982), London.
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Associated names:
Valori-Rustichelli, Charles de, 1820-1883, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 134.
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