Domenico Campagnola

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Domenico Campagnola

approximately 1500-1564

Descent from the Cross

ca. 1545

Pen and brown ink on laid paper.

16 3/16 x 11 1/16 inches (411 x 280 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

IV, 63

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Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed by the artist at upper center, on the panel at head of the cross, in pen and brown ink, "INRI /.../..."; and, according to a note in departmental files, on verso of mount(?), in pen and brown ink, with Barnard's initials followed by: "N: 282 / 16 1/4 by 11.; Domenico Campaganola scolaro di Tiziano, toccò i Paesi per Eccellenza alla Tizianesca; (25)".

Provenance:

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 2092); John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1420); 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.

Associated names:

Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Barnard, John, 1709-1784, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Tietze and Tietze-Conrat 1944, 129, no. 518; Santagiustina Poniz 1981, 64, 69 n.18.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 63, repr.

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