Attributed to Montagna, Bartolomeo,
approximately 1450-1523
Nude Man Standing beside a High Pedestal
ca. 1515
15 3/4 x 10 3/16 inches (400 x 258 mm; maximum dimensions)
Brush and black ink and brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue paper altered to brown.
1974.1
Gift of Otto Manley.
Notes
Regarding the provenance of drawings from the Moscardo collection, see the note on Morgan drawing 1973.37
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "21"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "vene(?)"; on verso of lining, in pen and brown ink, "3"; in graphite, "++; S-35"; in blue chalk, "5"; in pink chalk, "20".
Inscribed at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "21"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "vene(?)"; on verso of lining, in pen and brown ink, "3"; in graphite, "++; S-35"; in blue chalk, "5"; in pink chalk, "20".
Associated names
Moscardo, Lodovico, 1611-1681, former owner.
Miniscalchi, Teresa Moscardo, former owner.
Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Mario, 1881-1957, former owner.
Matthiesen, Francis, 1897-1963, former owner.
Uzielli, Mario, 1888-1973, former owner.
Manley, Otto, 1904-1989, former owner.
Miniscalchi, Teresa Moscardo, former owner.
Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Mario, 1881-1957, former owner.
Matthiesen, Francis, 1897-1963, former owner.
Uzielli, Mario, 1888-1973, former owner.
Manley, Otto, 1904-1989, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 12.
Selected references: New York 1965-66, no. 14; Vitzthum 1966, 110; New York 1974, 42-43; Los Angeles 1976, no. 38; Northampton 1978, no. 33; New York 1981, no. 7; Nielsen 1995, 200-201, no. 116; New York 2006, no. 5.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, no. 14, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 174.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 5, p. 12-13.
Selected references: New York 1965-66, no. 14; Vitzthum 1966, 110; New York 1974, 42-43; Los Angeles 1976, no. 38; Northampton 1978, no. 33; New York 1981, no. 7; Nielsen 1995, 200-201, no. 116; New York 2006, no. 5.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, no. 14, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 174.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 5, p. 12-13.
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