Attributed to Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni,
active 14th century-15th century
Two Scenes from the Martyrdom of St. Minias
ca. 1390-1410
11 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches (292 x 397 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over metalpoint, with white and red opaque watercolor, on paper prepared with brown ground.
I, 1
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to the school of Giotto, Bernardo Daddi and Anonymous Italian school, 14th century.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Giotto, 1266-1337, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Daddi, Bernardo, active 1327-1348, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 14th century, Formerly attributed to.
Skene, George, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Daddi, Bernardo, active 1327-1348, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 14th century, Formerly attributed to.
Skene, George, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 4.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1:1; Meder 1923, 150n1; Toronto 1926, no. 27; Foote 1927, 162; Buffalo 1935, no. 1; New London 1936, no. 1; Berenson 1938, 1:324-25, 2: no. 2756; New York 1939, no. 64; Mongan and Sachs 1940, 1:3; Cambridge 1948-49, no. 1; Mongan 1949, 2; Philadelphia 1950-51, no. 2; New York 1959, no. 1; Ames 1962, 1: no. 5; Tintori and Meiss 1962, 26-27n43; Boskovits 1968, 278-80, 291n20; Degenhart and Schmitt 1968-2010, 1:xxv, no. 30; Fossi Todorow 1970, 10, 81; Boskovits 1975, 291; Eisler 1975, no. 2; Jenni 1976, 11n8, 83n385; Los Angeles 1976, 6, no. 5; New York 1981, no. 2; Knab, Mitsch, and Oberhuber 1983, 11; Bellosi 1985, 12-18; In August Company 1993, no. 1; Maginnis 1995, 34-37; Washington 1995-96, 28-31; Florence 2008, 21, no. 51; Graul 2008, 10; Munich 2008-9, no. 1; Graul 2010, 87; New York and Williamstown 2017-18, 29.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 1, repr.
Denison, Cara D., and Helen B. Mules, with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. European Drawings, 1375-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, no. 2, repr.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 1, repr. [William M. Griswold and Rhoda Eitel-Porter]
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1:1; Meder 1923, 150n1; Toronto 1926, no. 27; Foote 1927, 162; Buffalo 1935, no. 1; New London 1936, no. 1; Berenson 1938, 1:324-25, 2: no. 2756; New York 1939, no. 64; Mongan and Sachs 1940, 1:3; Cambridge 1948-49, no. 1; Mongan 1949, 2; Philadelphia 1950-51, no. 2; New York 1959, no. 1; Ames 1962, 1: no. 5; Tintori and Meiss 1962, 26-27n43; Boskovits 1968, 278-80, 291n20; Degenhart and Schmitt 1968-2010, 1:xxv, no. 30; Fossi Todorow 1970, 10, 81; Boskovits 1975, 291; Eisler 1975, no. 2; Jenni 1976, 11n8, 83n385; Los Angeles 1976, 6, no. 5; New York 1981, no. 2; Knab, Mitsch, and Oberhuber 1983, 11; Bellosi 1985, 12-18; In August Company 1993, no. 1; Maginnis 1995, 34-37; Washington 1995-96, 28-31; Florence 2008, 21, no. 51; Graul 2008, 10; Munich 2008-9, no. 1; Graul 2010, 87; New York and Williamstown 2017-18, 29.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 1, repr.
Denison, Cara D., and Helen B. Mules, with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. European Drawings, 1375-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, no. 2, repr.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 1, repr. [William M. Griswold and Rhoda Eitel-Porter]
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Century Drawings
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