Italian School
16th century
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. Verso: Right Arm and Torso of a Female Figure, after Michelangelo
ca. 1536-1540
2 15/16 x 3 1/16 inches (75 x 77 mm); mount: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 (115 x 114 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink, over red chalk.
1993.110
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Copy after statue of Marcus Aurelius; verso: copy after Michelangelo's "Notte".
Watermark: none.
Watermark: none.
Description
Konrad Oberhuber first noticed that the recto is a copy of the antique bronze monument to Marcus Aurelius in Rome (or a small-scale copy after it) and that the study on the verso copies Michelangelo’s Night from the tomb of Duke Giuliano de’ Medici in the Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo, Florence (unpublished observation recorded in curatorial file, 1964).
Associated names
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, after.
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 43 (as Paduan, ca. 1500); Philadelphia and Detroit 1960-61, no. 154 (as Anonymous Italian School 15th century).
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Venetian Drawings 1400-1630. Oakland, Calif. : Mills College Art Gallery, 1959, no. 43.
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Venetian Drawings 1400-1630. Oakland, Calif. : Mills College Art Gallery, 1959, no. 43.
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