Andrea del Sarto

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Andrea del Sarto

1486-1530

Young Man Taking a Step, with a Basket and Balancing a Sack on His Head. Verso: An Additional Study of the Same Figure

1511-1524

Black chalk on paper; verso: black and red chalk; nine horizonal lines.

10 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches (264 x 134 mm)

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

I, 30 (recto), IV, 14 (verso)

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Inscribed on verso of mount, at top, above hand (but covered by mount) in graphite, "12".
Watermark: Anchor surmounted by a small circle (Briquet 443: Laibach 1525).

Provenance:

Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (1665-1745; Lugt 2184); Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792; Lugt 2364); Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), London; his sale, Christie's, London, 28 April-19May 1865, lot 952 Edward Aldam Leatham (1828-1900), Misarden Park, Cirencester, Gloucester; his sale, London, Christie's, 2 June 1902, lot 115 "Del Sarto - Study of a Man Carrying a a Sack - black chalk. From Sir Joshua Reynolds' collection"; 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.

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Associated names:

Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855, former owner.
Leatham, Edward A. (Edward Aldam), former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

Bibliography:

Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 31.
Selected references: Richardson 1722, 83; Waagen 1854, 80; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1:30, 4:14; Knapp 1907, 135; New London 1936, no. 23; Berenson 1938, 1:279; New York 1939, no. 70; Northampton 1941, no. 43; Mongan 1942, 93-94; Tietze 1947, no. 25; Cambridge 1948-49, no. 23; Worcester 1948, no. 34; Mongan 1949, 52; Philadelphia 1950-51, no. 33; Newark 1960, no. 11; Berenson 1961, 413; Forlani 1962, no. 23; Freedberg 1963, 130; Monti 1965, 168n144; New York 1965-66, no. 60; Shearman 1965, 1: under no. 14; Byam Shaw 1976, under no. 80; New York 1981, no. 16; Paris 1986-87, under no. 42; In August Company 1993, no. 4; New York 2006, no. 12; Munich 2008-9, no. 12; New York and Williamstown 2017-18, 34.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, no. 30, repr.
Denison, Cara D., and Helen B. Mules, with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. European Drawings, 1375-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 44, no. 16.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 12, p. 28-29.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 12, repr. [Rhoda Eitel-Porter]

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