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Attributed to Antonio Solario

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Attributed to Antonio Solario
active 1502-1514
Standing Male Nude with Hands Behind His Back. Verso: Landscape with a Recumbent Cow
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
9 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches (248 x 91 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1982.62
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Watermark: flattened circle with some lines, petals? inside.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at upper left, in pen and brown ink, by Padre Sebastiano Resta, "da nel / Zingaro di / Napoli / contemporaneo / [d]i Pietro / [Pe]rugino".

Provenance: 
Padre Sebastiano Resta, Milan (1635-1714; Lugt 2992); Maurice Marignane, Paris (b. 1879; Lugt 1872); Hans M. Calmann, London; from whom purchased in London 1961 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Resta, Sebastiano, former owner.
Marignane, Maurice, 1879-1956, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 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. 300.

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Solario, Antonio
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints