Attributed to Francesco Morandini

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Attributed to Francesco Morandini
1544-1597
Group of Figures (Israelites Gathering Manna in the Wilderness?)
ca. 1570-1580
Red chalk, over black chalk, on paper.
10 1/8 x 7 5/16 inches (257 x 202 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1986.96
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540.

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Giovanni Piancastelli (according to Janos Scholz) (1845-1926), Rome (no mark; Lugt S. 2078a); Edward (1857-1933) and Mary Brandegee (1871-1956) (according to Janos Scholz), Boston (1904-1944; Lugt S. 1860c); art market, 1958 (according to János Scholz records); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
Boscoli, Andrea, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Selected references: Indianapolis 1954, no. 14 (as Rosso); Bloomington and Elsewhere 1958, no. 39 (as Rosso); Florence 1959, 20, under no. 13 (as Boscoli); Berenson 1961, 3: 531, no. 2448 F (as Rosso); Oakland and Berkeley 1961, no. 55 (as Poppi); Pouncey, 1964, 291 (as Poppi); Milwaukee 1964, no. 33 (as Rosso); Notre Dame and Binghampton, 1970, 78, D16 (as Poppi); Monbeig Goguel 1971; 109 (as Poppi); Monbeig Goguel 1972, 76, under no. 79 (as Poppi); Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 31 (as Poppi); Carroll 1976, 2: 499-500 (as Poppi); Florence 1986-87, 97, under no. 2.38 (as Poppi); Fellows Report 1989, 363 (as Poppi); Oberlin and elsewhere 1991-92, no. 38 (as Poppi).
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 31, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 363.

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