Pellegrino Tibaldi
1527-1596
Two Seated Barbarian Captives
1549-1550
10 7/8 x 15 9/16 inches (274 x 395 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper. Vertical fold at center. Laid down on old mount.
I, 37
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Daniele da Volterra.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Daniele, da Volterra, approximately 1509-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, approximately 1693-1770, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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.
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, approximately 1693-1770, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 37; Gere 1971, 82; Dibbits 1998, 30.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 107.
Charles Fairfax Murray, Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray (J. Pierpont Morgan Collection), 4 vols., London, 1905-1912, I, no. 37, repr.
John A. Gere, Il manierismo a Roma, Milan, 1971, p. 82, repr. pl. IX.
Taco D.W. Dibbits, "Pellegrino Tibaldi in Ancona: Two new drawings in red chalk," Apollo, vol. 148, no. 441, November 1998, p. 30.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 107.
Charles Fairfax Murray, Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray (J. Pierpont Morgan Collection), 4 vols., London, 1905-1912, I, no. 37, repr.
John A. Gere, Il manierismo a Roma, Milan, 1971, p. 82, repr. pl. IX.
Taco D.W. Dibbits, "Pellegrino Tibaldi in Ancona: Two new drawings in red chalk," Apollo, vol. 148, no. 441, November 1998, p. 30.
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