Daniele da Volterra

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Daniele da Volterra

approximately 1509-1566

Kneeling Apostle Seen From Behind

ca. 1548-1550

Black chalk, with smudging, on paper washed with gray.

12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (327 x 252 mm)

Purchased on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund and the Lois and Walter C. Baker Fund.

2001.39

Notes:

Watermark: circle, with a verticle sword inside[?].
This drawing, dated to 1550-53, is a study for the apostle in the right foreground of the artist's fresco "The Assumption of the Virgin" in the della Rovere chapel in SS. Trinità dei Monti, Rome.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso of old mount, in graphite, "21"; at lower right, "ILW/IR"; at upper left, in blue pen, "$150-"; on mount, under drawing, now effaced, "Andrea del Sarto"; under that, "Daniele ... da Volterra[?]".

Provenance:

John B. Skippe (1742-1811; Lugt S. 1529a-b), England; presumably his sister Penelope Skippe Martin; presumably through descent to Edward Holland Martin; presumably his sister Mrs. Rayner-Wood; by descent to her son, Edward Holland-Martin; his sale, Christie's, London, 20-21 November 1958, lot 83; Leo Schidlof (1886-1966), London; Christie's, 10 July 2001, lot 33; Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, Ltd., London.

Associated names:

Skippe, John B., 1742-1811, former owner.
Martin, Penelope Skippe, former owner.
Martin, Edward Holland, former owner.
Rayner-Wood, Mrs., former owner.
Holland-Martin, Edward, former owner.
Schidlof, Leo, 1886-1966, former owner.

Bibliography:

Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 109.
Selected references: Barolsky 1979, 86, pl. 58; Gere and Pouncey 1983, 64, under no. 76; Florence 2003, 108, under no. 26; Ciardi and Moreschini, 2004, 210.

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