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Italian School

16th century

Bust-Length Portrait of a Bearded Man Wearing a Beret in Profile to the Right (Portrait of Francesco Paladino?)

ca. 1525-1545

Black and red chalk, pen and black ink, on paper; oval composition circumscribed in pen and brown ink; second framing line in pen and brown ink.

5 1/2 x 4 1/16 inches (138 x 102 mm, maximum height)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

IV, 157

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Notes:

It has not been possible to identify one "Monsignore Francesco Paludino (or Paladino) of Ferrara" referred to in the inscription, perhaps the sitter rather than the artist.

Inscription:

Inscribed near bottom in pen and brown ink, "Monsr[r in superscript] fraco[o in superscript] paludino primo co[...; cut]/ ferara"; on verso at top, cut by edge of paper, in pen and brown ink, parmesan; in pencil in lower left corner, "702".
Watermark: Six-pointed star, fragment of larger watermark (cf. Briquet 6030).

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:

Belli, Valerio, approximately 1468-1546, Formerly attributed to.
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, 4: no. 157 (as school of Ferrara).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 157. (as School of Ferrara)

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