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Italian School

16th century

Half-Figure of a Seated Male Nude, and a Second Figure at His Side

ca. 1565-1580

Red chalk on paper.

7 1/2 x 5 inches (191 x 124 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1986.82

Description:

The sheet entered the collection with an attribution to Baccio Bandinelli, with whose graphic style it does not agree. The drawing appears to be Florentine in origin, dating from the second half of the sixteenth century.

Notes:

Formerly attributed to Giuseppe Cesari, called il Cavaliere d'Arpino. Arpino 1568-1640 Rome, and to Baccio Bandinelli, Gaiole in Chianti 1488-1560 Florence.

Inscription:

Watermark: Circle with unidentified center.

Provenance:

Possibly Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward (1857-1933) and Mary Brandegee (1871-1956), Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

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Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 17th cent., Alternate attribution.
Cesari, Giuseppe, 1568-1640, Formerly attributed to.
Bandinelli, Baccio, 1493-1560, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Fellows Report 1989, 315.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 315.

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