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Giovanni Antonio Pordenone

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Giovanni Antonio Pordenone
1484?-1539
Half-Length Figure of a Youth with a Plumed Hat. Verso: Half-Length Figure of Seated Youth
Red chalk; with white opaque watercolor, over stylus, on paper; framing lines at left, right, and lower edges in brown ink; verso: red chalk, over stylus.
7 3/4 x 5 7/16 inches (195 x 138 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1973.41
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Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed in graphite at lower right, "Giorgione"; on verso at upper right in black chalk, "Giorgio".

Provenance: 
Marquis Charles de Valori (Lugt 2500); purchased in London in 1958 by Janos Scholz (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Valori-Rustichelli, Charles de, 1820-1883, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Seventeenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1976, p. 176.

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Artist page: 
Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints