Daniele da Volterra
approximately 1509-1566
Kneeling Apostle Seen From Behind
ca. 1548-1550
12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (327 x 252 mm)
Black chalk, with smudging, on paper washed with gray.
2001.39
Purchased on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund and the Lois and Walter C. Baker Fund.
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.
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.
Inscriptions/Markings
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[?]".
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.
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.
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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Century Drawings
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