Lelio Orsi
1511-1587
Flight into Egypt
ca. 1570-1575
11 x 11 7/8 inches (279 x 303 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
I, 51
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Novellara Lelio Orsi"; at lower right, in red chalk, "13"; on verso, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, shining through to recto, "N[superscript o]. 23 / XXXXII / Originale / Di Lelio Orsi detto Lelio da Novellara"; on verso of mount, at upper left, in graphite, "1446"; at upper center, in graphite, "From D[superscript r]. Chauncey's collection".
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Novellara Lelio Orsi"; at lower right, in red chalk, "13"; on verso, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, shining through to recto, "N[superscript o]. 23 / XXXXII / Originale / Di Lelio Orsi detto Lelio da Novellara"; on verso of mount, at upper left, in graphite, "1446"; at upper center, in graphite, "From D[superscript r]. Chauncey's collection".
Associated names
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784, former owner.
Chauncy, Charles, 1709-1777, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Chauncy, Charles, 1709-1777, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 88.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 51; New York 1965-66, no. 105; Rome 1972-73, no. 50; Cleveland and New Haven 1978, no. 88; Notre Dame 1983, no. 29; Romani 1984, 72, 75-76; Washington and Parma 1984, no. 87; Reggio Emilia 1987-88, no. 174; Pirondini 2012, 32; Frankfurt and Paris 2014-15, under no. 84.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 51, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 64, no. 105, repr.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 51; New York 1965-66, no. 105; Rome 1972-73, no. 50; Cleveland and New Haven 1978, no. 88; Notre Dame 1983, no. 29; Romani 1984, 72, 75-76; Washington and Parma 1984, no. 87; Reggio Emilia 1987-88, no. 174; Pirondini 2012, 32; Frankfurt and Paris 2014-15, under no. 84.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 51, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 64, no. 105, repr.
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