Nicolò dell' Abate
approximately 1509-1571
Allegory of Peace
ca. 1547-1552
9 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (247 X 139 mm)
Black chalk, with opaque white watercolor, on gray prepared paper.
1978.19
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Janson in honor of Felice Stampfle.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Fa...[illegible]"; on verso of secondary support, at upper right, in pen and brown ink: "37 nicolo A[bate]"; at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "17"; on verso of tertiary support, at center, in pen and brown ink, "S.R.⁰.11".
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Fa...[illegible]"; on verso of secondary support, at upper right, in pen and brown ink: "37 nicolo A[bate]"; at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "17"; on verso of tertiary support, at center, in pen and brown ink, "S.R.⁰.11".
Associated names
Sagredo, Zaccaria, active 16th century, former owner.
Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982, former owner.
Janson, Dora Jane, 1916-2002, former owner.
Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982, former owner.
Janson, Dora Jane, 1916-2002, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Indianapolis 1954, no. 26; New York 1965-66, 65, no. 107; Béguin, in Ottawa 1973, 1: 142; 2: 27, no. A; Fellows Report 1981, 166, 172.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 172.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 172.
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Century Drawings
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