After Lorenzo Lotto
1480?-1556?
Samson Smites the Philistines with the Jawbone of an Ass
15 7/16 x 9 1/12 inches (393 x 241 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown and dark brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; architectural details indented with a stylus over the ink.
1982.42
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing was identified by Philip Pouncey as a design for intarsia on the rood screen of S. Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. The scene is one of four designed by Lotto and executed by Gianfrancesco Capodiferro.
The drawing was identified by Philip Pouncey as a design for intarsia on the rood screen of S. Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. The scene is one of four designed by Lotto and executed by Gianfrancesco Capodiferro.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, at lower right, on made up part of paper, in pen and black ink, "MHS / [two digits] # (cropped by lower edge of paper)".
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 273.
Philip Pouncey, Lotto disegnatore, Venice, 1965, 20, pl. 22.
W. R. Rearick, "Lorenzo Lotto: The Drawings, 1500-25," Atti del convegno internazionale di studi per il V Centenario della nascita di Lorenzo Lotto, Asolo, 1980, 31, fig. 13.
The Genius of Venice, 1500-1600, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1983, under no. D.21 (entry by David Scrase).
Philip Pouncey, Lotto disegnatore, Venice, 1965, 20, pl. 22.
W. R. Rearick, "Lorenzo Lotto: The Drawings, 1500-25," Atti del convegno internazionale di studi per il V Centenario della nascita di Lorenzo Lotto, Asolo, 1980, 31, fig. 13.
The Genius of Venice, 1500-1600, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1983, under no. D.21 (entry by David Scrase).
Classification
Century Drawings
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