Battista Franco
1510?-1561
Triumph of the Christian Hero
ca. 1552-1555
13 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches (345 x 394 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
1982.39
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Ambrogio Figino (1548-1608).
Connected with the chiaroscuro print of 1610, "A Christian Hero" (B.XIII, 136, no. 14) by Andrea Andreani (active ca. 1580-ca. 1610).
Connected with the chiaroscuro print of 1610, "A Christian Hero" (B.XIII, 136, no. 14) by Andrea Andreani (active ca. 1580-ca. 1610).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Numbered at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "160"; inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "figino"; on verso, visible through lining, "[illegible] / G. Antonio Vecchini come Prova delle Ercl".
Numbered at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "160"; inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "figino"; on verso, visible through lining, "[illegible] / G. Antonio Vecchini come Prova delle Ercl".
Associated names
Figino, Giovanni Ambrogio, 1552 or 1553-1608, Formerly attributed to.
Geiger, Benno, 1882-1965, former owner.
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Geiger, Benno, 1882-1965, former owner.
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Oakland and elsewhere 1956, no. 36 (as Figino); Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 103, (as Franco); Fellows Report, 1984, 259 (as Franco); Lauder, in Ames-Lewis 2003, 105; Lauder 2009, 239, under no. 70, 244, under no. 73; 268, under no. 93; 275, under no. 99; New York 2019, 31-32.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 103, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 259.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 103, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 259.
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