Tintoretto

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Tintoretto
1518-1594
Reclining Male Nude
Black chalk on blue paper; squared in charcoal; framing lines in brown ink.
8 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (212 x 232 mm)
Gift of Stephen Spector.
1966.14

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Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "G Tintoretto"; on album page, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "163".
Watermark: Balance or anchor inside circle, surmounted by a six-pointed star, centered on chain line.

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Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792; Lugt 2364); Mrs. M. Clifton; Thos. Agnew & Sons; from whom purchased in about 1960 by Stephen Spector, New York.
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Clifton, M., Mrs., former owner.
Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 173.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourteenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965 & 1966. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, p. 104.

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