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Italian School
16th century
Battle Scene with Three Mounted Warriors and Fallen Figures
Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on paper.
10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (261 x 311 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
1981.42
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Acquired as after Polidoro da Caldara, also known as Polidoro da Caravaggio, Caravaggio, near Bergamo ca. 1495-ca. 1543 Messina , which is possible.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, "3478; 3 (encircled); A; r (encircled)"; "GT".
Watermark: Tower(?) or ladder(?) within coat of arms, six-pointed star above.
Provenance:
Dr. Curt Glaser (1879-1943), former Director of the Kunsbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; his widow, Maria Milch Glaser (b. 1901), later Mrs. Ernest Ash, New York.
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Associated names:
Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543, Possibly after.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., 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. 243.
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