Circle of Jacobus Strada

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Circle of Jacobus Strada
1507-1588
Design for a Casket with Figure of Prudence at Top
ca. 1562-1565
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; several vertical and horizontal ruled guide lines in black chalk; a strip 8 mm wide which was cut from the bottom and added to the top while the drawing was in the possession of Colnaghi's was restored to its original location; a new strip was added to the top
10 1/16 x 16 13/16 inches (257 x 427 mm; maximum dimensions exclusive of modern strip at top)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1964.3
Inscription: 

Inscribed in upper right corner, in pen and brown ink, "18- (? second digit covered by ink stain)"; on verso, at upper left, in graphite, "62 (encircled)"; at upper center, in graphite, "5".
Watermark: Crossbow in a circle, surmounted by an arrow, centered on chain line (Briquet 759: Rome, 1562/63).

Provenance: 
Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm; from whom purchased in 1964 by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London; from whom purchased in 1964 by the Pierpont Morgan Library.
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Associated names: 

Salviati, Francesco, 1510-1563, Workshop of, Formerly attributed to.
Perman, Einar, 1893-1976, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Selected references: Hayward 1962, 163; Fellows Report 1967, 102-03; Hayward 1976, 346; Mortari 1992, 240-41, no. 405; Rome and Paris 1998, 37, 248, no. 95, 250, no. 96; Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, in Rome 2001, 413-14.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourteenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965 & 1966. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, p. 102.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 169.

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Strada, Jacobus
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints