Workshop of Pisanello

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Workshop of Pisanello

1395-approximately 1455

Two Yoked Water Buffalo

ca. 1450

Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.

4 5/8 x 7 11/16 inches (117 x 196 mm; maximum dimensions)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1974.23

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Irregularly trimmed.

Inscription:

Inscription in graphite on verso, "Jo / sZ, Coll. Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen".

Provenance:

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; Walter Hugelshofer, Zurich; purchased in Zurich in 1952 by Janos Scholz, New York (Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Alternate attribution.
Pisanello, 1395-approximately 1455, Formerly attributed to.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 170-171.

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