Nicolò dell' Abate
approximately 1509-1571
Apollo, Standing, with Bow and Arrow
10 7/16 x 6 15/16 inches (265 x 176 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, with some black chalk worked wet, on laid paper.
1988.7
Purchased on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund.
Notes
Acquired as Niccolo dell'Abate.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center, in pen and brown ink: "Parmeggiano - from the collection of / the Duke of Alva".
Watermark: Kneeling angel holding a lily surmounted by a six-pointed star (compare ot Briquet 626: Reggio-Emilia, 1545; 626: Reggio-Emilia, 1554; 625: Vicenza, 1547).
Watermark: Kneeling angel holding a lily surmounted by a six-pointed star (compare ot Briquet 626: Reggio-Emilia, 1545; 626: Reggio-Emilia, 1554; 625: Vicenza, 1547).
Associated names
Genevosio, Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi, 1719-1795, former owner.
Alva, Duke of, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Ball, C. J. (Charles James), 1851?-1924, former owner.
Lennard, Reginald Vivian, 1885-1967, former owner.
Munby, M., Mrs., former owner.
Alva, Duke of, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Ball, C. J. (Charles James), 1851?-1924, former owner.
Lennard, Reginald Vivian, 1885-1967, former owner.
Munby, M., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 85.
Denison, Cara D. "An Apollo by Niccolò dell'Abate", Master Drawings. New York: Master Drawings Association, vol. 28, no. 3, 1990, p. 265-267, fig. 1.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 85.
Selected references: Denison 1990, passim; Béguin 1991, 83, 89; Fortunati 1995, 157; Bologna 2002, 244, under no. 63; Modena 2005, no. 121.
Denison, Cara D. "An Apollo by Niccolò dell'Abate", Master Drawings. New York: Master Drawings Association, vol. 28, no. 3, 1990, p. 265-267, fig. 1.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 85.
Selected references: Denison 1990, passim; Béguin 1991, 83, 89; Fortunati 1995, 157; Bologna 2002, 244, under no. 63; Modena 2005, no. 121.
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