Domenico Campagnola

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Domenico Campagnola

approximately 1500-1564

Landscape with Town on a River, and Camels in the Foreground

ca. 1545-1555

Pen and dark brown and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink.

9 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (239 x 387 mm)

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

I, 68

Description:

This drawing was previously considered the work of one of Domenico Campagnola’s followers, or even perhaps a copy of a lost drawing, but Tobias Nickel has identified it as Campagnola’s own work, noting that both the structure of the space and details such as the camels at right can be compared to other drawings by the master.

The additions along the lower edge, in a lighter brown ink, are possibly by a later hand.

Notes:

Formerly attributed to Italian school, 16th century.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, "Titinen".
Watermark: Open crown surmounted by a six-pointed star (cf. Briquet II, 4835. Prague, 1561; Lucca, 1565-66; Rome, 1567-68).

Provenance:

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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Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

Bibliography:

Weitenkampf 1917, 79, no. 3; Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, 1944, 129, no. 513; New York 1923, no. 68; Nickel 2017, cat. 235.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 68, repr.

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