Mattia Preti
1613-1699
St. Sebastian. Verso: Miscellaneous sketches
13 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (337 x 240 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1981.99
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Verso: study of a foot in red chalk; several sketches of heads, in pen and dark brown ink over graphite, one with brown wash over red chalk; and two slight sketches of figures on horseback, in pen and dark brown ink.
Verso: study of a foot in red chalk; several sketches of heads, in pen and dark brown ink over graphite, one with brown wash over red chalk; and two slight sketches of figures on horseback, in pen and dark brown ink.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right, in pen and black ink, "61"; at lower left, in graphite, "G.C.177"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "27.5 / Caue Calabrese"; on verso, unidentifiable paragraph.
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 102, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 291-292.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 291-292.
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Century Drawings
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