Attributed to Leandro da Ponte Bassano
1557-1622
Head of a Bearded Man Facing Left
8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (208 x 164 mm)
Black chalk with lead white chalk, on blue paper.
1982.27
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Although perhaps most likely the work of Leandro Bassano, alternate attributions to Jacopo or Francesco Bassano, and to Orazio Vecellio or another member of Titian's late workshop, have also been proposed.
Although perhaps most likely the work of Leandro Bassano, alternate attributions to Jacopo or Francesco Bassano, and to Orazio Vecellio or another member of Titian's late workshop, have also been proposed.
Description
Although perhaps most likely the work of Leandro Bassano, alternate attributions to Jacopo or Francesco Bassano, and to Orazio Vecellio or another member of Titian’s late workshop, have also been proposed.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription on verso in graphite by Scholz, "Bassano, Jacopo or one of the later Vecelli?"
Associated names
Bassano, Jacopo, approximately 1518-1592, Alternate attribution.
Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592, Alternate attribution.
Vecellio, Orazio, approximately 1515-1576, Alternate attribution.
Habich, Edward, 1818-1901, former owner.
Johann Georg, Prince of Saxony, 1869-1938, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592, Alternate attribution.
Vecellio, Orazio, approximately 1515-1576, Alternate attribution.
Habich, Edward, 1818-1901, former owner.
Johann Georg, Prince of Saxony, 1869-1938, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 6; New York 1961(d), no. 2; New Haven 1964(a), no. 25; Amherst 1966; Middletown 1969, no. 19; Glens Falls 1971, no. 1; Norton 1971, no. 1.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz : a loan exhibition, April 23-June 7, 1964, Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery, 1964, no. 25.
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 19.
Italian Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection. Norton, Mass. : Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, 1971, no. 1.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 290.
Italian Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz : a loan exhibition, April 23-June 7, 1964, Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery, 1964, no. 25.
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz. Middletown, Conn. : Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1969, no. 19.
Italian Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection. Norton, Mass. : Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, 1971, no. 1.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 290.
Classification
Century Drawings
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