Italian School
16th cent
Perspectival Interior with Coffered Barrel Vault, Aisle with Pillars on Left and Aisle with Columns on Right
ca. 1510-1530
10 3/8 x 15 1/16 inches (262 x 382 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink, gray-brown wash, over stylus indentations, on paper.
1962.21
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
The drawing is derived from an engraved composition of a Street Scene with Various Buildings, Colonnades and an Arch, known in three versions, of which two bear Bramante's name (although Hind considers any relation to that architect as doubtful).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, on drawing and on made up corner, in pen and black ink, "le maire pousin".
Associated names
Hickman, R., former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Fellows Report 1964, 88-89 (as Lombard School, early sixteenth century).
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963 & 1964. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964, p. 88-89 (as Lombard School, early sixteenth century).
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 151.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963 & 1964. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964, p. 88-89 (as Lombard School, early sixteenth century).
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 151.
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