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Italian School

16th century

Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left

Red chalk on paper.

3 3/16 x 3 1/4 inches (81 x 83 mm)

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

IV, 22:1

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Possible attributions include Francesco Salviati (1510-1563); Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540); Polidoro da Caravaggio (ca.1499-ca.1543); Perino del Vaga (1501-1547); Agnolo Bronzio (1503-1572); Battista Franco (ca.1510-1561); Alessandro Allori (1503-1607); Girolamo Macchietti (1535-1592).

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, at lower right edge, in graphite, "Rosso".

Provenance:

Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.

Associated names:

Salviati, Francesco, 1510-1563, Formerly attributed to.
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543, Possible attribution.
Perino, del Vaga, 1500 or 1501-1547, Possible attribution.
Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572, Possible attribution.
Allori, Alessandro, 1535-1607, Possible attribution.
Macchietti, Girolamo, 1535-1592, Possible attribution.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 22 (as Rosso); Carroll 1971, 30 (as Salviati); Carroll 1976, 2: 498-99, no. F42; Cheney 1982, 793-94, no. 3; Mortari 1992, no. 408, (as Salviati); Rome and Paris 1998, 100 (as Salviati).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 22, repr.

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