Raphael
1483-1520
Cardinal Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini Presents Eleanor of Portugal to Emperor Frederick III
22 x 16 1/2 inches (559 x 421 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor (original heightening almost completely lost, later retouched), over black chalk, incised with stylus, on paper.
1996.9
Bequest of Miss Alice Tully.
Notes
This drawing also has been attributed to Bernardino Pinturicchio (Perugia 1452-1513 Siena).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed near upper edge, left of center, in pen and brown ink, "Questa e la quinta [st]oria de Papa [Pio]".
Watermark: Eagle, displayed (akin to Briquet 86: Pistoia, 1495; the same mark is found on I,15).
Watermark: Eagle, displayed (akin to Briquet 86: Pistoia, 1495; the same mark is found on I,15).
Associated names
Pintoricchio, approximately 1454-1513, Formerly attributed to.
Piccolomini, Irene, 1565-1593, former owner.
Baldeschi, Tiberio, 1542-1622, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro Augusto, 1899-1994, former owner.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, former owner.
Piccolomini, Irene, 1565-1593, former owner.
Baldeschi, Tiberio, 1542-1622, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro Augusto, 1899-1994, former owner.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 28.
Selected references: Vasari 1878-85, 3:526-27; Schmarsow 1880, 20; Ricci 1902, 176ff.; Crowe and Cavalcaselle 1903-14, 1:183; Scalvanti 1908, 111-12; Fischel and Oberhuber 1913-72, 1: no. 65; Panofsky 1915, 269, 278-88; Fischel 1917, no. 121; Carli 1960, 75; Pope-Hennessy 1970, 88; Oberhuber 1977, 82, 84, 87; New York 1981, no. 13; Florence 1982, under no. 57 and under no. 83/47; Joannides 1983, no. 59; Knab, Mitsch, and Oberhuber 1983, 28-33, 56-59, 62-63, 66; London 1983, under no. 29; Florence 1984, 22; Venice and Rome 1984, under 45/fol. 47; Oberhuber 1986, 164-65, 170; New York 1987, no. 3; Young 1988, 59-60; Esche 1992, 196-97; Shepherd 1993, 136, 183, 369; Röttgen 1997, 306-8; Nucciarelli 1998, 305; Settis and Toracca 1998, 289-91; Acidini Luchinat 1999, 54; Meyer zur Capellen 2001, 1:26-27; Cleveland and Lille 2002, 22; De Vecchi 2002, 57; London 2004-5, 23; Nucciarelli 2004, 229-51; Scarpellini and Silvestrelli 2004, 265; Angelini 2005, 526; New York 2006, no. 11; London 2007-8, no. 76; Perugia and Spello 2008, 137; Vienna 2017, under no. 3.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 11, p. 26-27.
Selected references: Vasari 1878-85, 3:526-27; Schmarsow 1880, 20; Ricci 1902, 176ff.; Crowe and Cavalcaselle 1903-14, 1:183; Scalvanti 1908, 111-12; Fischel and Oberhuber 1913-72, 1: no. 65; Panofsky 1915, 269, 278-88; Fischel 1917, no. 121; Carli 1960, 75; Pope-Hennessy 1970, 88; Oberhuber 1977, 82, 84, 87; New York 1981, no. 13; Florence 1982, under no. 57 and under no. 83/47; Joannides 1983, no. 59; Knab, Mitsch, and Oberhuber 1983, 28-33, 56-59, 62-63, 66; London 1983, under no. 29; Florence 1984, 22; Venice and Rome 1984, under 45/fol. 47; Oberhuber 1986, 164-65, 170; New York 1987, no. 3; Young 1988, 59-60; Esche 1992, 196-97; Shepherd 1993, 136, 183, 369; Röttgen 1997, 306-8; Nucciarelli 1998, 305; Settis and Toracca 1998, 289-91; Acidini Luchinat 1999, 54; Meyer zur Capellen 2001, 1:26-27; Cleveland and Lille 2002, 22; De Vecchi 2002, 57; London 2004-5, 23; Nucciarelli 2004, 229-51; Scarpellini and Silvestrelli 2004, 265; Angelini 2005, 526; New York 2006, no. 11; London 2007-8, no. 76; Perugia and Spello 2008, 137; Vienna 2017, under no. 3.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 11, p. 26-27.
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