Ludovico Mazzolino
1480?-1530
Christ Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple
1524
16 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches (423 x 394 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, on light brown washed paper, over black chalk; partially incised with stylus, varnished.
I, 93
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
The drawing is a study for the altarpiece of "Christ among the Doctors", signed and dated 1524. Painted for Francesco Caprara for the church of S. Francesco in Bologna, now in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed on mount, at lower left, in graphite, "21"; on the verso of lining, in pen and brown ink, "Poggiþs Sale / 1801 / 7.7.0"; in graphite, "Baldassare Peruzzi; 136".
Inscribed on mount, at lower left, in graphite, "21"; on the verso of lining, in pen and brown ink, "Poggiþs Sale / 1801 / 7.7.0"; in graphite, "Baldassare Peruzzi; 136".
Associated names
Hudson, Thomas, 1701-1779, former owner.
Palmerston, former owner.
Poggi, Antonio Cesare, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount, 1739-1802, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, former owner.
Palmerston, Emily Lamb, Viscountess, 1787-1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Palmerston, former owner.
Poggi, Antonio Cesare, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount, 1739-1802, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, former owner.
Palmerston, Emily Lamb, Viscountess, 1787-1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 77.
Selected references: London 1894, no. 85; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 93; Pouncey and Gere 1962, 1: under no. 56; Zamboni 1968, 8, 23, 37, 49; Bernardini 1990, 39n84; Birke and Kertész 1992-97, under inv. 24.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 93, repr.
Selected references: London 1894, no. 85; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 93; Pouncey and Gere 1962, 1: under no. 56; Zamboni 1968, 8, 23, 37, 49; Bernardini 1990, 39n84; Birke and Kertész 1992-97, under inv. 24.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 93, repr.
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