Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Lion in Profile to Left with Head in Three-Quarter View

Italian School
15th century

Lion in Profile to Left with Head in Three-Quarter View

ca. 1480-1500
5 3/8 x 9 7/16 inches (131 x 240 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, white opaque watercolor, on pink toned paper (possibly red chalk wash), on laid paper .
IV, 27n

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of lining in graphite, "K; Umbrian".
Watermark: Circle divided by two lines into thirds, surmounted by a cross.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department