Polidoro da Caravaggio
approximately 1495-approximately 1543
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden)
ca. 1530
15 1/16 x 10 1/14 inches (382 x 260 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue laid paper faded to green-gray; squared for transfer in black chalk.
1979.55
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, at upper edge, in pen and brown ink, "Poccetti(?)"; in center, "HIS", and "Tari 4(?) [crossed out]".
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 43.
Selected references: Kultzen 1961, 25n31, and pl. 15a; Marabottini 1969, 1:317, no. 75; 2: no. 4; Scholz 1976, 14, no. 37; Ravelli 1978, 107-8, no. 29; Fellows Report 19 1981, 180-81; Notre Dame 1983, 71, no. 35; Leone de Castris 2001, 482-83, no. 179.
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 180-181.
Scholz, Washington, D.C.-New York, 1973-1974, no. 3, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibition).
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 37, repr.
Selected references: Kultzen 1961, 25n31, and pl. 15a; Marabottini 1969, 1:317, no. 75; 2: no. 4; Scholz 1976, 14, no. 37; Ravelli 1978, 107-8, no. 29; Fellows Report 19 1981, 180-81; Notre Dame 1983, 71, no. 35; Leone de Castris 2001, 482-83, no. 179.
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 180-181.
Scholz, Washington, D.C.-New York, 1973-1974, no. 3, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibition).
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 37, repr.
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