Italian School
16th cent
Design for a "Spandrel" with Grotesques; Alternate Study for Lunette-Shaped Central Section. Verso: Sheet of Studies: TThree Figures Before a Niche Containing a Statue of Fame, Flanked by Hercules and Another Male Heroic Nude; Man Peering Through a Hole and Colonnade with Statue
ca. 1538-1547
4 1/8 x 5 15/16 inches (105 x 150 mm)
Pen and dark brown ink, over red chalk, on paper. Verso: pen and dark brown ink, brown wash, over red chalk.
II, 28a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
One of thirty four sixteenth-century Italian drawings formerly mounted in a nineteenth-century album, the Cesare da Sesto Album.
The Morgan Library owns a drawing by Girolamo Romanino depicting a series of studies of a figure within an oculus, similar to the figure at upper right on the verso of this sheet (1985.94).
One of thirty four sixteenth-century Italian drawings formerly mounted in a nineteenth-century album, the Cesare da Sesto Album.
The Morgan Library owns a drawing by Girolamo Romanino depicting a series of studies of a figure within an oculus, similar to the figure at upper right on the verso of this sheet (1985.94).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right, in pen and brown ink: "Roma"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Genua / genua (?)"; on verso, at lower right, in pen and brown ink: "Cremona in foro".
Associated names
Romanino, Girolamo, approximately 1485-approximately 1566, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 2: no. tk, (as Cesare da Sesto).
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