Italian school
16th century
A Knight Receiving a Mandate from a Doge and Taking his Leave from his Wife (?)
9 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (233 x 159 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, watercolor over black chalk, on paper; composition delimited by the artist, at left and upper edges, in pen and brown ink.
IV, 71c
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Acquired as Italian school, Verona.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in graphite, "2227."
Watermark: Crossed arrows with six-pointed star above (cf. Briquet 6296).
Watermark: Crossed arrows with six-pointed star above (cf. Briquet 6296).
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.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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