Francesco Villamena
ca. 1566-1624
Study of Bearded Man Standing with Cloak Wrapped About Him
11 x 6 3/4 inches (279 x 171 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with brown and gray-brown wash, on paper.
I, 76
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
As noted by Felice Stampfle (undated note in departmental file) and independently by H. Lee Bimm (letter to Museum, 23 June 2000) the drawing relates, in reverse, to one of a series of six of Villamena's engravings of similar so-called "low-life" subjects (Charles LeBlanc, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, 1854-90 [reprint, Amsterdam, 1971], II, p. 125, no. 65).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam.
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 18th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 76, repr. (as "A Beggar," attributed to "Villamena?")
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Classification
Century Drawings
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