Giorgio Vasari
1511-1574
Design for a Panel with Figure of Apollo
1553
3 5/8 x 2 7/16 inches (91 x 61 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1984.64:2
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
One of six studies for a vaulted ceiling decoration. Although the specific project has not yet been identified, it has been tentatively related to a commission for the decoration of a loggia that Vasari received on 14 April 1545 from Don Pietro Tolledo, Viceroy of Naples.
One of six studies for a vaulted ceiling decoration. Although the specific project has not yet been identified, it has been tentatively related to a commission for the decoration of a loggia that Vasari received on 14 April 1545 from Don Pietro Tolledo, Viceroy of Naples.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper center in pen and brown ink, "SOL". Inscribed at upper center, in pen and brown ink, by the artist, "SOL".
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Marmier, André, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Marmier, André, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Vitzthum 1966, 64; Thiem 1968, 150; Notre Dame and Birmingham 1970, 83-84, no. D37; Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 28; Ragghianti Collobi 1976, 62; Davis 1979, 207, 209; Fellows Report 1989, 386; New Haven 1994, 27, no. 25; Prague 1996, 231; Corti 1996, 161; Fairbrain 1998, 2: 518; Boston and Florence 2003-04, 195, 421-24, no. 29d; Gregory 2012, 372; Härb 2015, 317-319, no.161c.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 386.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 28, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 386.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 28, repr.
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