Attributed to Montagna, Bartolomeo,
approximately 1450-1523
Drunkenness of Noah
ca. 1482
9 x 14 inches (228 x 357 mm)
Pen and brown ink, blue and purple wash, over black chalk, on parchment.
I, 56
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "albordür[er]" [i.e. Alberto Dürer]; on verso, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, by Nathaniel Smith, "DIAV / [paraphe] / Barnard[superscript s] Sale / 1787"; at upper right, in pen and brown ink, by Barnard, "JB N[superscript 0]=391. / 14 by 9"; at center, in graphite, "1.11.6".
Associated names
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Smith, Nathaniel, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Smith, Nathaniel, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 11.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1:56; Borenius 1909, 7n3, 109; Puppi 1962, 31, 42, 76, 149; Gilbert 1967, 185-86; Huse 1972, 22, 38-39; Barbieri 1982, 69-70; Turin 1990, 27; Birke and Kertész 1992-97, 4: under no. 24437; Nielsen 1995, no. 115; Schulze Altcappenberg 1995, no. 94; Galassi 1999, 105; Florence 2001, 159; Consavari 2011, 379; Lucco 2014, 28-29.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 56.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1:56; Borenius 1909, 7n3, 109; Puppi 1962, 31, 42, 76, 149; Gilbert 1967, 185-86; Huse 1972, 22, 38-39; Barbieri 1982, 69-70; Turin 1990, 27; Birke and Kertész 1992-97, 4: under no. 24437; Nielsen 1995, no. 115; Schulze Altcappenberg 1995, no. 94; Galassi 1999, 105; Florence 2001, 159; Consavari 2011, 379; Lucco 2014, 28-29.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 56.
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