Attributed to Francesco Salviati

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Attributed to Francesco Salviati
1510-1563
Lower Torso and Leg of a Nude Man, in Profile to the Right, and Two Sketches of a Crucified Figure
ca. 1538
Red chalk and black chalk on paper.
9 13/16 x 6 3/8 inches (248 x 162 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 22a
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540.

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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540, Formerly attributed to.
Perino, del Vaga, 1500 or 1501-1547, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Selected references: Wolk-Simon 1990, 232, (as Perino); New York and Chicago 1994, 71, under no. 64 (as Perino); Van der Sman 1999, 168; Monbeig Goguel 2000, 140, 143 (as Salviati after Perino); Monbeig Goguel, in Mantua 2001, 65 (as Salviati after Perino); Parma, in Mantua 2001, 131.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 22a.

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