Italian School
15th century
Design for a Carved Stall with Five Intarsia Panels
ca. 1475-1520
12 5/8 x 19 1/4 inches (320 x 489 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash with blue watercolor, over ruled stylus indentations in the architecture, on paper. Perimeter mounted.
I, 86
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink (visible through a window cut into back of mount), "[longara dela sponda del prosbiterio braca . e onzi 3 / Alteza(Andrea) del seder onzi ii largeza del seder dala (last three cancelled) / del muro del seder dal muro fino aloro del conez / braca I onzi 4 Alteza datera braca 6 onzi /3/(cancelled) / Alteza datera fina abroznso braca 6 onzi 3."
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Alternate attribution.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, 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.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, 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
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 86 (as Unknown); Detroit 1960, 22, no.49.
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