Giulio Romano
1499-1546
Jupiter and Ganymede
1527
5 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches (148 x 143 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper.
IV, 15
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in upper left corner, in pen and brown ink, "140"; on verso at center, in pen and brown ink, "GFM"; at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "di giulio romano".
Associated names
Walraven, Izaak, 1686-1765, former owner.
Fokke, Simon, 1712-1784, 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.
Fokke, Simon, 1712-1784, 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
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 42.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4:15; Hartt 1958, no. 224; Cambridge 1962, no. 12; Russell 1977, 16; Kempter 1980, 46; Saslow 1986, 138n78; Mantua 1989, 284, 396; Vienna 1989-90, 164; Belluzzi 1998, 1:4-15; New York 1999, no. 23.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 15, repr.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4:15; Hartt 1958, no. 224; Cambridge 1962, no. 12; Russell 1977, 16; Kempter 1980, 46; Saslow 1986, 138n78; Mantua 1989, 284, 396; Vienna 1989-90, 164; Belluzzi 1998, 1:4-15; New York 1999, no. 23.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 15, repr.
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