Lattanzio Gambara

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Lattanzio Gambara

approximately 1530-1574

Standing Warrior Turned to the Right

ca. 1571-1573

Black and white chalk, on blue paper; incised with stylus; pen trial at lower right.

16 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (426 x 275 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1980.59

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Notes:

Watermark: none.
Preparatory study for the figure of Joshua in the fresco on the left of the entrance door to the Duomo, Parma, painted after 1568.

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Latantio Bresciano"; on verso, at center, in pen and brown ink, "Latantio bresiano; at bottom, in pen and brown ink, "n. ̊1526"; to the right of this, in pen and brown ink, "6".

Provenance:

Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); purchased in Zurich in 1949 by János Scholz (no mark, see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 192.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. London : Art Council Gallery, 1968, no. 38 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Scholz, János. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 68, repr.

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