Domenico Campagnola

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Domenico Campagnola

approximately 1500-1564

Fortified Town Before Mountains

ca. 1530-1540

Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper.

3 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (98 x 148 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1982.34

Description:

Although the attribution of the sheet to Domenico Campagnola has been questioned, Tobias Nickel argues that there should be no further doubts about the work’s autograph status, and that it is characteristic of Campagnola’s work in the 1530s.

In 1961, Janos Scholz noted the similarity between the Morgan drawing and a sheet in the Albertina, Vienna (Schönbrunner-Meder 1896-1908, 12: 1353), which also appears to be by Domenico.

Notes:

Watermark: indecipherable image in circle.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso of lining, in graphite, "Dom. Campagnola / Coll. Prybam".

Provenance:

Prybram, Munich (according to Janos Scholz records); Galerie Fischer, Lucerne (according to Janos Scholz records), from whom purchased in 1960 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Prybram, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Durham 1965, no. 7; Hartford 1969-70, no. 5; Montgomery 1975, no. 14; Nickel 2017, 115, cat. 110.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 245.
Scholz, Montgomery, 1975, no. 14, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).

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