Cesare Nebbia
approximately 1536-1614
Pope Honorius III Confirming the Franciscan Order
9 1/8 x 14 5/8 inches (229 x 368 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; squared in black chalk; framing line at edges; lunette-shaped composition.
1986.97
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-1566.
Formerly attributed to Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-1566.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and dark brown ink, "975."; at lower right, in graphite, "60"; on mount, at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "N[superscript 0]10"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, "# 8 ̇ / +9 / 3.12.57 / 99"; in graphite, "210"; "Salimbeni, Ventura".
Associated names
Zuccaro, Taddeo, 1529-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Savoy, Aosta, Turin, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Savoy, Aosta, Turin, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989, p. 365.
Classification
Century Drawings
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