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Study for the Head of St. Lawrence

Follower of Perugino
approximately 1450-1523

Study for the Head of St. Lawrence

ca. 1496-1520
8 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (224 x 173 mm; exclusive of lining which extends beyond drawing); 9 x 7 inches (228 x 179 mm; with lining)
Metalpoint, brush and red ink, brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper prepared with brown.
I, 10

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Copy after Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, called Perugino, Citta della Pieve 1450-1523 Fontignano.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of lining, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "Pietro Perugino".
Associated names
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, 10.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 31, 34 (repr.)
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department