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Italian School

16th century

Bearded Man Leaning on a Staff

Pen and point of brush and black ink, purple wash, with white opaque watercolor over black chalk, on orange-pink toned paper.

6 3/4 x 3 13/16 inches (172 x 96 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1981.88

Notes:

Watermark: none.
While in the Scholz collection the drawing was attributed to Defendente Ferrari, a painter active in Piedmont ca. 1500 to 1535. Defendente remains completely unknown as a draughtsman and there is no corresponding figure in his painted work. Though probably North Italian, the artist of the present sheet may well have come from areas other than Piedmont, such as Verona or Ferrara.

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "J.D.R."

Provenance:

Unidentified collector J.D.R.; Armand François Louis de Mestral de Saint-Saphorin (1738-1805), Switzerland (according to János Scholz); Nathan Chaīkin (1907-1987), (Vaud) Switzerland (according to János Scholz); Helene Seiferfeld and Co., New York; from whom purchased (in 1961?) by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Ferrari, Defendente, approximately 1490-approximately 1535, Formerly attributed to.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Chaīkin, Nathan, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz, Esq. Exhibited at the Charles L. Tutt Library. Colorado Springs : Colorado College, 1967, no. v.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 66 (includes additional exhibition).
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 25, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 256.

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