Pellegrino Pellegrini

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Pellegrino Pellegrini

1527-1596

Seated Male Figure. Verso: Leaf

ca. 1550

Red chalk; squared in red chalk; verso: black chalk.

18 13/16 x 13 5/8 inches (478 x 339 mm)

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

IV, 27

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Formerly attributed to Daniele da Volterra and Enea Salmeggia.

Inscription:

Inscribed on a tablet held by putto, in red chalk, "AMOR DEI"; on verso at upper center, in pen and black ink, "Michel Angli: ̊Bona Rotta"; just below, in red chalk, "Michel Angi. B.F. / Roma"; at lower right, in black chalk, various numbers.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a circle (cf. Briquet 6895: Pisa, 1543).

Provenance:

Unidentified collector (stamp on verso, lower left corner: cloud or leaf or letter B in black); Edward Bouverie (1767-1858; Lugt 325); Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), London (according to Fairfax Murray); 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:

Daniele, da Volterra, approximately 1509-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Salmeggia, Enea, approximately 1565-1626, Formerly attributed to.
Bouverie, Edward, 1767-1858, former owner.
Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, 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. 108.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 27; Cambridge 1962, no. 37; New York 1965-66, no. 121; Romani 1997, 47, pl. VIII, fig. 55.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 27, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 70-71, no. 121, repr.

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