Workshop of Filippino Lippi
-1504
Two Male Nudes, One Playing a Viola, the Other Singing
ca. 1480-1490
7 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (200 x 225 mm; maximum dimensions)
Metalpoint, with white opaque watercolor, on brown prepared laid paper.
IV, 2
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Andrea del Castagno, David Ghirlandaio, and Anonymous, Italian School, Florence, ca. 1490.
Formerly attributed to Andrea del Castagno, David Ghirlandaio, and Anonymous, Italian School, Florence, ca. 1490.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of mount, in red ink, "b"; in pen and brown ink, "[...effaced] 54"; in graphite, "Lorenzo Cossa; 32/20[a fraction] 12; 23".
Associated names
Castagno, Andrea del, 1423-1457, Formerly attributed to.
Ghirlandaio, Davide, 1452-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Arundel, Earl of, former owner.
Tighe, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Ghirlandaio, Davide, 1452-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Arundel, Earl of, former owner.
Tighe, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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