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Italian School
16th century
Adoration of the Shepherds with St. Peter. Verso: Standing Figure Holding a Cornucopia(?) and Head of a Woman in Profile to Left
Pen and brown ink on paper cut to an irregular shape; verso: red chalk (standing figure), pen and brown ink (head of a woman).
maximum dimensions: 5 3/8 x 5 3/16 in. (139 x 132 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 23
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Watermark: none.
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Inscribed at lower edge, center, in pen and brown ink, 50.(?).
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.
Associated names:
Raphael, 1483-1520, Follower of.
Perino, del Vaga, 1500 or 1501-1547, Formerly attributed to.
Carpi, Girolamo da, 1501-1556, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 23, repr. (Perino del Vaga)
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