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Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldi
1527-1593
Half-Length View of a Man in Costume, in Profile to the Right
ca. 1571-1585
Pen and brown ink on paper.
4 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (121 x 98 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.326:2
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Two drawings on one mat.
One of two costume designs by Arcimboldo in the Morgan Library, for which see 1993.326:1.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, fragment of larger watermark.
Provenance:
Possibly Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward (1857-1933) and Mary Brandegee (1871-1956), Boston (no mark, see Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark, see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Selected references: Geiger 1954, 146; Oakland and elsewhere 1956, no. 2b (as Giuseppe Arcimboldo).
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 2b, repr.
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