School of Perugino
approximately 1450-1523
Holy Family. Verso: Wooded Landscape with Town at the Foot of Hills
8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (214 x 150 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, on light gray-brown prepared paper; some outlines inscribed with stylus; verso: brush and brown ink and opaque watercolor.
I, 11
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The figures on the recto derive from "The Adoration of the Magi" in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, completed by Perugino and assistants in 1496. The painting probably once formed part of the predella of Perugino's San Pietro polyptych.
Copy by a contemporary artist.
The figures on the recto derive from "The Adoration of the Magi" in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, completed by Perugino and assistants in 1496. The painting probably once formed part of the predella of Perugino's San Pietro polyptych.
Copy by a contemporary artist.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount, at lower center, beneath drawing, in pen and brown ink, by Ottley, "Pietro Perugino"; in graphite, "8 7/8[a fraction] x 6 3/8[a fraction]; ... Manni"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "4 - #".
Associated names
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Bale, Charles Sackville, 1791-1880, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bale, Charles Sackville, 1791-1880, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 11, repr.
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