Niccolò Martinelli
-1611
Saint Matthew, Seated, with Angel, and Two Small Sketches of a Figure Holding a Scroll
ca. 1565-1568
16 x 10 3/8 inches (405 x 264 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, white opaque watercolor, on blue paper altered to brown; squared in red chalk; small sketches at lower right in pen and black ink. Lined overall.
1962.17
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
Study for the Vault Fresco of the Choir, S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, "Farinat[i]"; at lower center, in black chalk, "16"; on verso of lining, at lower center, in graphite, "Drawing by Old Master"; and on paper label pasted on verso of lining, in brown ink, "11".
Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, "Farinat[i]"; at lower center, in black chalk, "16"; on verso of lining, at lower center, in graphite, "Drawing by Old Master"; and on paper label pasted on verso of lining, in brown ink, "11".
Associated names
Squire, Hugh N., former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 114.
Selected references: Gere 1963, 10, 17, no. 31, pl. 3; Fellows Report 13 1964, 91; New York 1965-66, 78-79, no. 143.
Frederick B. Adams, Jr. (ed.), Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1963 & 1964, New York, 1964, p. 91 (as Trometta).
Felice Stampfle and Jacob Bean, Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1965, pp.78-79, no. 143.
J.A. Gere, "Drawings by Niccolò Martinelli, Il Trometta," Master Drawings 1, no. 4, Winter 1963, pp. 10, 17, no. 31, repr. (n.p.) pl. 4.
Frederick B. Adams, Jr., A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1969, p. 155.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 155.
Selected references: Gere 1963, 10, 17, no. 31, pl. 3; Fellows Report 13 1964, 91; New York 1965-66, 78-79, no. 143.
Frederick B. Adams, Jr. (ed.), Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1963 & 1964, New York, 1964, p. 91 (as Trometta).
Felice Stampfle and Jacob Bean, Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1965, pp.78-79, no. 143.
J.A. Gere, "Drawings by Niccolò Martinelli, Il Trometta," Master Drawings 1, no. 4, Winter 1963, pp. 10, 17, no. 31, repr. (n.p.) pl. 4.
Frederick B. Adams, Jr., A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1969, p. 155.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 155.
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