Italian School
15th cent
Copy of Two Antique Sculptures: Horse-Tamer and River Nile
ca. 1490-1500
6 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches (167 x 257 mm)
Pen [or point of brush?] and brown ink, white opaque watercolor, over metalpoint or stylus indentations [?], on gray prepared paper.
IV, 5
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Perugino (ca. 1450-1523); Giovanni Maria Falconetto (1468-1535); Florentine School; Davide Ghirlandaio.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, with Richardson's pressmarks, "Zg. 66 / L. 68. / BB. 48. / Zk. / Lz. 50. r".; at lower center, in graphite, "22".
Inscribed on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, with Richardson's pressmarks, "Zg. 66 / L. 68. / BB. 48. / Zk. / Lz. 50. r".; at lower center, in graphite, "22".
Associated names
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523, Formerly attributed to.
Falconetto, G. M. (Gian Maria), 1468-1535, Formerly attributed to.
Ghirlandaio, Davide, 1452-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788, former owner.
Tighe, William, 1766-1816, 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.
Falconetto, G. M. (Gian Maria), 1468-1535, Formerly attributed to.
Ghirlandaio, Davide, 1452-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788, former owner.
Tighe, William, 1766-1816, 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. 5, repr. (as Florentine school); Degenhart and Schmitt 1960, 125-26, under no. 13 (as north Italian, second half of the fifteenth century); Russell 1986, 193 (as circle of Perugino, ca.1480-90); Bober and Rubinstein 1986, 102, no. 65B-a (as Umbrian, late fifteenth century); Nesselrath, in Rome 1988, 216, no. 64 (as Umbrian, second half of fifteenth century); Thielemann 1996, 33; Tonkovich 2005, 158; Verona 2006, 335-36, no. 93 (as Giovanni Maria Falconetto); Morét, 2008, 32 (as Giovanni Maria Falconetto); Bober and Rubinstein 2010, 112, no. 65B-a (as Umbrian, late fifteenth century).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 5.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 5.
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