Gherardo Cibo
1512-1600
Libro 26
Folio: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (141 x 209 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and violet and brown ink on paper; some with blue wash.
1969.16
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
Manuscript consisting of 27 folios with 31 drawings of landscapes, trees, fruits and flowers, representing two gatherings from separate sketchbooks that have been stitched together in a modern yellow cover. The first gathering, folios 50-66, contains a title page and 19 drawings, dated by the artist from November 1578 to June 1579. The second gathering, folios 68-79, comprises 12 drawings, dated by the artist May to December 1576 and 2 May 1584.
Numbered in pen and brown ink on recto at upper right from 50 to 79, skipping 65 and 72 (two folios numbered 66; 67 is not numbered); folio 79 is blank.
Numbered in pen and brown ink on recto at upper right from 50 to 79, skipping 65 and 72 (two folios numbered 66; 67 is not numbered); folio 79 is blank.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on cover: Libro Fatto de Meriore li 5 de. re 9 [re above 9] 1578: Lib. 26". Various inscriptions throughout.
Watermark: fragmentary mark, in a circle (fragment, at top center; according to Elen 1995, a small french lily in a circle: folio 50; six-pointed star within an four-pointed star, in a circle (fragment, at top center): folios 51, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62; fleur-de-lis, pointing down, in a circle (fragment, at top center): folios 68, 70, 73, 78; fragmentary mark, in a circle: folio 71 (according to Elen 1995, same as folios 68, 70 etc.: it is either bottom of fleur-de-lis or a different watermark).
Watermark: folio 59. Shapes inside circle, fragment of six-pointed star with a four-pointed star enclosed in a circle.
Watermark: folio 61. Six-pointed star with a four-pointed star inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 69v. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 70. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 71. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: fragmentary mark, in a circle (fragment, at top center; according to Elen 1995, a small french lily in a circle: folio 50; six-pointed star within an four-pointed star, in a circle (fragment, at top center): folios 51, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62; fleur-de-lis, pointing down, in a circle (fragment, at top center): folios 68, 70, 73, 78; fragmentary mark, in a circle: folio 71 (according to Elen 1995, same as folios 68, 70 etc.: it is either bottom of fleur-de-lis or a different watermark).
Watermark: folio 59. Shapes inside circle, fragment of six-pointed star with a four-pointed star enclosed in a circle.
Watermark: folio 61. Six-pointed star with a four-pointed star inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 69v. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 70. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Watermark: folio 71. Fleur-de-lis inside circle, fragment.
Associated names
Valls, Rafael, former owner.
Bibliography
London 1971(b), no. 2; Elen 1995, 378-380.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 91-94, 121 (attributed to Severino da Cingoli)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 91-94, 121 (attributed to Severino da Cingoli)
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