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Italian School
15th century
Lion in Profile to Left with Head in Three-Quarter View
ca. 1480-1500
Pen and brown ink and wash, white opaque watercolor, on pink toned paper (possibly red chalk wash), on laid paper .
5 3/8 x 9 7/16 inches (131 x 240 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 27n
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Inscribed on verso of lining in graphite, "K; Umbrian".
Watermark: Circle divided by two lines into thirds, surmounted by a cross.
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Associated names:
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.
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