Italian School
16th century
Bearded Man Leaning on a Staff
6 3/4 x 3 13/16 inches (172 x 96 mm)
Pen and point of brush and black ink, purple wash, with white opaque watercolor over black chalk, on orange-pink toned paper.
1981.88
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
While in the Scholz collection the drawing was attributed to Defendente Ferrari, a painter active in Piedmont ca. 1500 to 1535. Defendente remains completely unknown as a draughtsman and there is no corresponding figure in his painted work. Though probably North Italian, the artist of the present sheet may well have come from areas other than Piedmont, such as Verona or Ferrara.
While in the Scholz collection the drawing was attributed to Defendente Ferrari, a painter active in Piedmont ca. 1500 to 1535. Defendente remains completely unknown as a draughtsman and there is no corresponding figure in his painted work. Though probably North Italian, the artist of the present sheet may well have come from areas other than Piedmont, such as Verona or Ferrara.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "J.D.R."
Associated names
Ferrari, Defendente, approximately 1490-approximately 1535, Formerly attributed to.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Chaīkin, Nathan, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Chaīkin, Nathan, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz, Esq. Exhibited at the Charles L. Tutt Library. Colorado Springs : Colorado College, 1967, no. v.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of Janos Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 66 (includes additional exhibition).
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 25, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 256.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of Janos Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 66 (includes additional exhibition).
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 25, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 256.
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Century Drawings
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