Italian School
15th century
Four Roundels (Seated Couple with Dog(?); Enthroned Deity(?); Saint Distributing Money(?); Fighting Horseman), a Pair of Standing Men, One of Them Holding a Vessel, and Two Seated Angels Representing Charity and Faith
ca. 1460-1475
3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (95 x 134 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over metalpoint (?), on prepared (?) paper.
I, 6:4
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).
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Description
The present sheet, along with five others in the Morgan’s collection, was once part of a sketchbook.1 Ruth Goebel noted that these drawings seem to derive from nielli (email to Morgan curators, 1999). For instance, the Judgement of Paris and the Three Monks of inv. I, 6:1 are similar in type to nielli designs of the same subjects.2
Footnotes:
- Morgan Library & Museum, New York, inv. I, 6:1-I, 6:6.
- Hind 1936, 19, no. 141; Blum 1950, 13-14, nos. 16, 24.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist, beneath roundel with fighting horseman, in pen and brown ink, "SC"; beneath seated angels, in pen and brown ink, "CARITAS; FIDES".
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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