Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1609-1664
Two Pairs of Seated Nude Men and a Single Figure in Various Attitudes of Despair and Anger
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper.
10 9/16 x 14 1/2 inches (268 x 368 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 194
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Formerly attributed to Luca Giordano, 1634-1705.

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Numbered on verso at right, in pen and brown ink, "32".

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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 194, repr.

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