Attributed to Paris Bordone

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Attributed to Paris Bordone

1500-1571

Half-Length Figure of Christ

ca. 1540-1560

Charcoal, with white chalk, on blue paper.

7 7/8 x 4 6/8 inches (200 x 119 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1982.30

Notes:

Watermark: none.

Provenance:

Moscardo Collection, Verona, which passed to Marquis de Calceolari (according to Scholz records; no mark; see under Lugt S. 2990a-g); purchased in Zurich in 1949 by János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Venice 1957, no. 18; Bloomington 1958, no. 41; Oakland and elsewhere 1959, no. 11; Hagerstown 1960, no. 18; Milwaukee 1964, no. 8; Washington and New York 1973-74, no. 97; Montgomery 1976, no. 18; Olszewski 1981, no. 97; Fellows Report 1984, 238; Rearick 1987(b), 54, no. 11.
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 18, repr.
Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 41, repr.
Venetian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Montgomery, Ala. : Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 18 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 238.

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