Italian School
17th century
Right Arm and Hand, with Palm Turned Upwards
3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (78 x 141 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
IV, 21a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
The drawing, which is placed on the same mount as Morgan IV, 21a (apparently by the same hand), was catalogued as by Jacopo Pontormo while in the Fairfax Murray collection, and later published as Rosso Fiorentino by Bernard Berenson. It is more likely by a seventeenth-century hand.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription on verso of lining, at lower center, in graphite, "g".
Inscription on verso of lining, at lower center, in graphite, "g".
Associated names
Pontormo, Jacopo da, 1494-1556, Formerly attributed to the Circle of.
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
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.
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
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, 4: no. 21 (as Jacopo Pontormo); Berenson 1938, 2: 315, no. 2448E (as Rosso Fiorentino); Ames 1964, no. 28 (as Pontormo).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 21b, repr.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 39, 42 (repr.)
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 21b, repr.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 39, 42 (repr.)
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