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Italian School

15th century

Head of a Man Wearing a Cap, in Profile to the Left

ca. 1500

Red, white and black chalk, on laid paper.

8 1/8 x 5 15/16 inches (207 x 150 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1980.47

Notes:

Watermark: present. No beta.
Formerly attributed to Francesco Bonsignori, attributed to, Verona ca. 1460-1519 Caldiero, near Verona.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, in graphite, across upper center, "cachet; Collection T. L., en creux, en bas centre gauche. (Sir Thomas Lawrence) / cachet: rond [Warwick Stamp]: collection Wauters".

Provenance:

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (Lugt 2445; probably his sale, London, Christie's, 4-8 June 1860, lot 70, bought by Colnaghi); George Guy Greville, fourth Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), Warwick Castle (Lugt 2600); Hans M. Calmann (1899-1982), London (dealer's catalogue, London, 1961, no. 2 repr. as Francesco Bonsignori), from whom purchased in 1961 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Bonsignori, Francesco, 1455-1519, Formerly attributed to.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Hamburg and Cologne 1963-64, no. 20; New Haven 1964, no. 4; New York 1965; Los Angeles and elsewhere 1967-68, no. 8; London 1968, no. 13; Middletown 1969, no. 5; New York 1971, no. 15; Scholz 1976, no. 23; Notre Dame 1980, no. 138; Bloomington and elsewhere 1983-84, no. 3; Fellows Report 1984, 178-79; Vienna and Budapest 1988-89, 29, no. 7.
Scholz 1963-64, no. 20.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no. 13 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 5.
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 15, repr.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 22, repr.
Scholz, Janos, and Dean A. Porter. János Scholz, Musician and Collector. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1980, no. 138.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 178-179.
Scholz 1983-83, p. 178-9.

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