Sandro Botticelli
1444 or 1445-1510
Horses and Spectators (Fragment of an Adoration of the Magi)
1500-1505
13 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (316 x 338 mm)
Brown and white oil, over black chalk, on three pieces of prepared linen stitched together.
I, 5
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: unknown because of linen.
Formerly attributed to Fra Filippo Lippi.
Formerly attributed to Fra Filippo Lippi.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of lining, in graphite, "1554".
Associated names
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Russell, William, 1800-1884, former owner.
Salting, George, 1835-1909, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Russell, William, 1800-1884, former owner.
Salting, George, 1835-1909, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 25.
Selected references: Ulmann 1893, 147; Horne 1903, 69-70; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 5; Horne 1908, 47; Horne 1909, 40; Yashiro 1925, 21, 241; Toronto 1926, no. 28; van Marle 1931, 23, 122; Berenson 1938, 1:333-34, 2: no. 569a; Bertini 1953, 10; Ragghianti 1954, 117-18; Cambridge 1960, under no. 19; Berenson 1961, 105, 108; Pouncey 1964, 283; New York 1965-66, no. 11; Salvini 1965-66, 4: no. 71b-73; Vitzthum 1966, 109; Lightbown 1978, 2:112-13; Horne 1980, 47; New York 1981, no. 5; Mandel 1985, no. 154; Lightbown 1989, 300, 332; Thiébaut 1991, 150-51; Florence 1992, no. 14.10, and under no. 14.12; Cropper 1994, 274-75; Berlin 2000, 372; Cecchi 2005, 360, 367; New York 2006, no. 4; Scrase 2011, under no. 94.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 5, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 24-5, no. 11, repr.
European drawings, 1375-1825 / catalogue compiled by Cara D. Denison & Helen B. Mules ; with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1981, p. 33-4, no. 5.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 4, p. 10-11.
Selected references: Ulmann 1893, 147; Horne 1903, 69-70; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 5; Horne 1908, 47; Horne 1909, 40; Yashiro 1925, 21, 241; Toronto 1926, no. 28; van Marle 1931, 23, 122; Berenson 1938, 1:333-34, 2: no. 569a; Bertini 1953, 10; Ragghianti 1954, 117-18; Cambridge 1960, under no. 19; Berenson 1961, 105, 108; Pouncey 1964, 283; New York 1965-66, no. 11; Salvini 1965-66, 4: no. 71b-73; Vitzthum 1966, 109; Lightbown 1978, 2:112-13; Horne 1980, 47; New York 1981, no. 5; Mandel 1985, no. 154; Lightbown 1989, 300, 332; Thiébaut 1991, 150-51; Florence 1992, no. 14.10, and under no. 14.12; Cropper 1994, 274-75; Berlin 2000, 372; Cecchi 2005, 360, 367; New York 2006, no. 4; Scrase 2011, under no. 94.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 5, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 24-5, no. 11, repr.
European drawings, 1375-1825 / catalogue compiled by Cara D. Denison & Helen B. Mules ; with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1981, p. 33-4, no. 5.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 4, p. 10-11.
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