Italian school
16th century
Bust-Length Portrait of a Bearded Man Wearing a Beret in Profile to the Right (Portrait of Francesco Paladino?)
5 1/2 x 4 1/16 inches (138 x 102 mm, maximum height)
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.
IV, 157
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
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.
Inscriptions/Markings
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).
Watermark: Six-pointed star, fragment of larger watermark (cf. Briquet 6030).
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.
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)
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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