School of Cellini, Benvenuto,
1500-1571
Design for a Dish: Standing Male Nude Holding a Scallop Shell on His Shoulders, and Other Sketches. Verso: Acanthus Scrolls with Male Nude
8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (212 x 149 mm)
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, with red chalk, on paper; traces of framing lines in brown ink; verso: pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
I, 34a (recto)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Manno di Bastiano Sbarri.
Formerly attributed to Manno di Bastiano Sbarri.
Associated names
Sbarri, Manno, di Sebastiano, approximately 1510-1576, Formerly attributed to.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853, 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.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853, 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
Selected references: Planiczig and Voss 1920, 6, under no. 15, (as Cesare da Sesto); Ward-Jackson 1979, 1: 213, under no. 466 (as Lombard mid-16th century).
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