Attributed to Giovan Francesco Bembo
active 1480-1543
Meeting of Dignitaries
ca. 1500-1543
6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (175 x 181 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, on laid paper.
1993.323
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
According to a note dated 1969 by János Scholz, Philip Pouncey had suggested an attribution to the Cremonese master Gianfrancesco Bembo (?1480- ?1543) under which name it entered the Morgan collection. It has not been possible to determine the artist who made this drawing.
Description
The inscription suggests that the drawing may have once been attributed to Andrea del Sarto also known as Andrea d’Agnolo, and it was sold as such as late as in the 1968 Laporte sale. Instead, the drawing clearly is by a north Italian artist of the first half of the sixteenth century. According to a note dated 1969 by Janos Scholz, Philip Pouncey had suggested an attribution to the Cremonese master Gianfrancesco Bembo (1480–1543) under which name it entered the Morgan collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "3."; on verso, at lower right, in pen and brown ink, gone over in black chalk, "Cennini d'Agnolo (?)"; in red chalk, "G 416"; in graphite, "Teixeira Gomez collection; BE".
Watermark: Circle, bisected, surmounted by a pole with cross. (close to Briquet 3063: Treviso, 1521).
Watermark: Circle, bisected, surmounted by a pole with cross. (close to Briquet 3063: Treviso, 1521).
Associated names
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530, possible former attribution.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Gomez, Teixeira, former owner.
Laporte, George L., former owner.
D'Arpino, Giuseppe, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Gomez, Teixeira, former owner.
Laporte, George L., former owner.
D'Arpino, Giuseppe, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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