Luca Giordano
1634-1705
Marsyas Bound to a Tree
9 15/16 x 7 9/16 inches (252 x 192 mm)
Red chalk on laid paper; verso: a few strokes in red chalk and very slight indications of a figure in black chalk.
1976.48
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Although traditionally attributed to Jusepe de Ribera, this sheet is instead by his Neapolitan follower Luca Giordano. As Viviana Farina has noted, it relates to Giordano's painting of ca. 1660 in the Museo Bardini, Florence.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered on verso in an old hand in pen and brown ink at lower right, "n:10".
Watermark: Three hills surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and the letter "M" at top.
Watermark: Three hills surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and the letter "M" at top.
Associated names
Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652, Formerly attributed to.
Koch, Frederick, donor.
Koch, Frederick, donor.
Bibliography
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 31-32, repr. (as Jusepe de Ribera)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 287 (as Jusepe de Ribera)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 287 (as Jusepe de Ribera)
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