Italian School
15th cent
Standing Warrior, and Standing Figures Representing Charity, and Charity and Love Combined
ca. 1460-1475
3 7/8 x 5 7/16 inches (98 x 138 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over metalpoint (?), on prepared (?) paper.
I, 6:5
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
One of a series of six leaves from a sketchbook on one mat (I, 6:1-I, 6:6).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed by the artist, on banderoles helf by figures, in pen and brown ink, "CHARITAS / CHARITAS ED AMOR".
Inscribed by the artist, on banderoles helf by figures, in pen and brown ink, "CHARITAS / CHARITAS ED AMOR".
Associated names
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.
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, 1: no. 6 (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 6, repr. (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 6, repr. (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
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