Italian School
15th century
Dromedary, Turned to the Right, Before a Landscape
1450-1500
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (159 x 214 mm)
Pen and brown ink on laid paper.
1973.47
Purchased with special assistance of the Fellows Fund.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Gentile Bellini, but also associated with drawings by Pisanello and his workshop, for example British Museum inv. 1860,0616.111, the related sheet at Windsor, RCIN 912815, and one sold by Jean-Luc Baroni (Catalogue 2014, no. 30), which was more recently with Colnaghi-Elliot.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Titiano" (partially effaced); in lower right corner, in red chalk, "+" [a cross italicized].; on verso, in graphite, "veute Ch. A. Cardoni / Bruxelles. 25/6/1921 / coll. Calmann Cat. 1960".
Associated names
Bellini, Gentile, -1507, Formerly attributed to.
Heseltine, J. P. (John Postle), 1843-1929, former owner.
Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937, former owner.
Gardon, L., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Heseltine, J. P. (John Postle), 1843-1929, former owner.
Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937, former owner.
Gardon, L., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no. 8.
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 2.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 8.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 4, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 152.
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 2.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 8.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 4, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 152.
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Century Drawings
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