Domenico Campagnola
approximately 1500-1564
Landscape with a Harbor, Classical Ruins and, in the Foreground, a Man with Two Donkeys
9 x 14 3/4 inches (230 x 374 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
IV, 65
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, at bottom right corner, beneath lining, "Campagnola"; on mount, underneath drawing, in pen and light brown ink, with what seems to be a transcription of Richardson's pressmarks from now lost, Richardson mount; at upper left, "154"; at upper right, "65v (?) / L 50"; at upper center, "P 55 / I (or Y) 68 / Z"; on verso of lining, in graphite, "5"; also bottom center of mount, in graphite, "5".
Watermark: Open crown surmounted by a six-pointed star (cf. Briquet II, 4835. Prague, 1561; Lucca, 1565-66; Rome, 1567-68).
Watermark: Open crown surmounted by a six-pointed star (cf. Briquet II, 4835. Prague, 1561; Lucca, 1565-66; Rome, 1567-68).
Associated names
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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
Walker 1941, 210; Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, 1944, 130, no. 520; Nickel 2017, cat. 234.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 65, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 65, repr.
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