Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Two Scenes: Judgement of Paris and Three Seated Monks in a Landscape

Italian School
15th cent

Two Scenes: Judgement of Paris and Three Seated Monks in a Landscape

ca. 1460-1475
3 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches (92 x 134 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, on prepared (?) paper.
I, 6:1

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

Notes
One of a series of six leaves from a sketchbook on one mat (I, 6:1-I, 6:6).
This group of sketchbook leaves is likely the work of a miniaturist or engraver.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, when turned through 90 degrees: "24".
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.
Bibliography
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 6 (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 6, repr. (as Florentine school, fifteenth century)..
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department