Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Half-Length View of a Man in Costume, in Profile to the Right

Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldi
1527-1593

Half-Length View of a Man in Costume, in Profile to the Right

4 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (121 x 98 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1993.326:2

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Two drawings on one mat.
One of two costume designs by Arcimboldo in the Morgan Library, for which see 1993.326:1.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, fragment of larger watermark.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department