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Italian School

16th century

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to the Right

16th or

Red chalk with stumping on laid paper.

7 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches (187 x 145 mm)

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

IV, 38

Notes:

Possibly attributed to Giovanni Agostino da Lodi.
Formerly attributed to Antonio Allegri, called Correggio. Correggio 1489?-1534 Correggio

Inscription:

Illegible inscription on verso, at upper left, in pen and brown ink.

Provenance:

Charles Rogers (Lugt 625); William Esdaile (Lugt 2617); William Mayor (Lugt 2799); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.

Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 17th cent.
Correggio, 1489?-1534, Formerly attributed to.
Giovanni Agostino, da Lodi, active approximately 1467-approximately 1524, Possible attribution.
Rogers, Charles, 1711-1784, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
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, no. 38, repr.

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