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Italian School
16th century
Triumph of Bacchus. Verso: Bust of a Man, Turned to the Left, A Horse, Walking to the Left, A Seated Putto, and Slight Study of a Child's Head
1500-1550
Red chalk on paper; verso: pen and brown ink (bust of a man, horse, putto), red chalk (head of a child).
12 1/2 x 18 inches (317 x 457 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.48
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Formerly attributed to Amico Aspertini, Bologna 1474/75-1552 Bologna.
Acquired as Amico Aspertini.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "30".
Watermark: Letters "nP" in circle surmounted by a cross, orb, centered on chain line.
Provenance:
Hans M. Calmann (1899-1982), London; from whom purchased in 1951 or 1955 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Aspertini, Amico, 1474-1552, Formerly attributed to.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 6.
Konrad Oberhuber and Dean Walker, Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1973-1974, no. 52.
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