Italian School
15th century
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Verso: Two Standing Female Figures, a Seated Woman, and a Faint Study for Her Drapery
late 15th or early 16th century
10 7/8 x 7 9/16 inches (275 x 192 mm)
Pen and brown and brown-black inks and wash, over lead point, with correction in white opaque watercolor, on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink over lead point.
I, 40 (recto)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
At least the recto of this drawing was long formerly attributed to Vincenzo Foppa, Bagnolo near Brescia 1427/30-1515/16 Brescia.
At least the recto of this drawing was long formerly attributed to Vincenzo Foppa, Bagnolo near Brescia 1427/30-1515/16 Brescia.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in lower right corner in pen and brown ink, "72"; in upper right corner, in red chalk, "A 48"; on verso, at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "25", in upper right corner, in red chalk, "A 47"; in graphite, "No[o superscript] 54 / Mantegna / f. 200".
Associated names
Foppa, Vincenzo, active 1459-1490, Formerly attributed to.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, 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.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, 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
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 40, repr. (as Vincenzo Foppa); IV, 31 (as Lombard School)
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