Pellegrino Pellegrini
Formerly attributed to Daniele da Volterra and Enea Salmeggia.
Inscribed on a tablet held by putto, in red chalk, "AMOR DEI"; on verso at upper center, in pen and black ink, "Michel Angli: ̊Bona Rotta"; just below, in red chalk, "Michel Angi. B.F. / Roma"; at lower right, in black chalk, various numbers.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a circle (cf. Briquet 6895: Pisa, 1543).
Daniele, da Volterra, approximately 1509-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Salmeggia, Enea, approximately 1565-1626, Formerly attributed to.
Bouverie, Edward, 1767-1858, former owner.
Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, former owner.
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.
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 108.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 27; Cambridge 1962, no. 37; New York 1965-66, no. 121; Romani 1997, 47, pl. VIII, fig. 55.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 27, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 70-71, no. 121, repr.