Italian school
16th century
David and Jonathan. Verso: A Study of Crossed Hands and Three Studies of Left Hands
6 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (156 x 210 mm)
Pen and brown ink, red wash, over black chalk.
1981.39
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
Notes
Verso, probably by another hand: "Studies of Hands", in red chalk, a copy after Aegidius Sadeler (ca. 1555-ca. 1609).
Formerly attributed to Girolamo Muziano (1532-1592); Marten de Vos (1532-1603); Francesco Allegrini (ca. 1615-after 1679).
The drawing is a copy of the engraving by Aegidius Sadeler (ca. 1555-1609?) (Hollstein, XXI, p. 8, no. 5) after the design by De Vos for "The History of Saul and David". The original drawing by De Vos is bound together with his other designs for the series in the Jacobs album in the Library's collection.
Formerly attributed to Girolamo Muziano (1532-1592); Marten de Vos (1532-1603); Francesco Allegrini (ca. 1615-after 1679).
The drawing is a copy of the engraving by Aegidius Sadeler (ca. 1555-1609?) (Hollstein, XXI, p. 8, no. 5) after the design by De Vos for "The History of Saul and David". The original drawing by De Vos is bound together with his other designs for the series in the Jacobs album in the Library's collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in graphite, "16". On verso, in brown ink, "Vorrei che tu mi scrivessi qual che"(trimmed).
Watermark: Circle with a bird inside, fragment.
Watermark: Circle with a bird inside, fragment.
Associated names
Muziano, Girolamo, 1532-1592, Formerly attributed to.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603, Copy after, Formerly attributed to.
Allegrini, Francesco, approximately 1620-approximately 1679, Formerly attributed to.
Sadeler, Aegidius, approximately 1555-1609?, engraver.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs. former owner.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603, Copy after, Formerly attributed to.
Allegrini, Francesco, approximately 1620-approximately 1679, Formerly attributed to.
Sadeler, Aegidius, approximately 1555-1609?, engraver.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs. former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Fellows Report 1984, 296-97; Stampfle 1991, 112, no. 247 (as copy after Maerten de Vos).
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 112, no. 247.
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 112, no. 247.
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