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Left Leg in an Antique Sandal. Verso: Two Fragmentary Studies of a Dog and Three Further Fragmentary Studies of Animals

Italian School
16th century

Left Leg in an Antique Sandal. Verso: Two Fragmentary Studies of a Dog and Three Further Fragmentary Studies of Animals

9 1/2 x 1 13/16 inches (241 x 46 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
1986.95

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Part of a large album, consisting mostly of studies of hands and arms by various masters, that was broken up while in the Albterina and passed through the hands of J. C. Wawra Gallery, Vienna. The album was later declared the property of the Archduke Friedrich of Hapsburg, who sold the individual sheets.
Once attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Formerly attributed to Antonio Mini, d. 1533 France; also Giovanni Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, Venice 1510?-1561 Venice. Possibly attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi, Ancaiano, near Siena 1481-1536 Rome.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "foronsini(?) / arasonuto(?).... Gilmani / montano /..."; in black chalk, "Parmigianino".
Watermark: Anchor in a circle, fragment (Briquet 473: Venice, 1505).
Associated names
Mini, Antonio, approximately 1500-1533, Formerly attributed to.
Franco, Battista, 1510?-1561, Formerly attributed to.
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 361.
Drawings from Tuscany and Umbria, 1350-1700. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley. Berkeley : Gillick, 1961, no. 50.
Milwaukee, 1964, no. 25.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department