Giulio Romano
1499-1546
Design for a Handle with Two Satyrs
1524-1540
16 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (418 x 97 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; lower segment of stem (147 mm in length) silhouetted by the artist and pasted onto another sheet, on which he continued the lower most section of the design.
1972.18
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
The lower segment of the stem was silhouetted for two inches by the artist and paste onto another sheet on which he continued the final section of the design.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed verso in pen and brown ink, "julio romano".
Inscribed verso in pen and brown ink, "julio romano".
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1800-1857, former owner.
Sutherland, John Egerton, Duke of, 1915-2000, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1800-1857, former owner.
Sutherland, John Egerton, Duke of, 1915-2000, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 41.
Selected references: Ellesmere 1898, no. 162; Hartt 1958, no. 119; Fellows Report 17 1976, 166; Los Angeles 1976, no. 105; Mantua 1989, 457; New York 1997, no. 23; New York 1999, no. 12.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 166.
Selected references: Ellesmere 1898, no. 162; Hartt 1958, no. 119; Fellows Report 17 1976, 166; Los Angeles 1976, no. 105; Mantua 1989, 457; New York 1997, no. 23; New York 1999, no. 12.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 166.
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Century Drawings
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