Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Portrait of Monsignor Porta

Ottavio Leoni
approximately 1578-1630

Portrait of Monsignor Porta

8 9/16 x 6 1/4 inches (218 x 158 mm)
Black and white chalk, on gray paper.
1978.5

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Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "18 / maggio 1615 Mons.gr Porta".
Watermark: Eagle in a circle.
Associated names
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 88, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 200-201.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department