Maso Finiguerra

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Maso Finiguerra

1426-1464

Legs and Lower Torso of a Male Nude

ca. 1450-1460

Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.

6 5/16 x 2 9/16 inches (160 x 63 mm)

Gift of János Scholz

1986.70:5

Notes:

Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso; at left, in graphite, by Scholz?, "Coll. Planiscig; de Sanctis (Sale no. 204)"; in upper right corner, in graphite, "204"; in purple pencil, "180,000".

Provenance:

Pelli-Fabbroni, Florence; Leo Planiscig (1887-1952), Florence; De Sanctis; his sale, Geneva, W.S. Kundig, in collaboration with E. Aeschlimann, Libraria Hoepli, Milan, 22 November 1947, lot 204, as Antonio Pollaiuolo, "Etude de nu d'homme"; Libraria Hoepli, Milan; from whom purchased in 1954 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Pollaiolo, Antonio, 1426?-1498, Formerly attributed to.
Pelli-Fabbroni, former owner.
Planiscig, Leo, 1887-1952, former owner.
Sanctis, de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Oakland 1961, no. 68 (as school of Antonio Pollaiuolo); Ames 1964, no. 8 (as school of Antonio Pollaiuolo); Milwaukee 1964, no. 30 (as circle of Antonio Pollaiuolo); Los Angeles and elsewhere 1967-68, no. 47 (as "Antonio Pollaiuolo?"); Degenhart and Schmidt 1968-2010, 1: under no. 620; Fellows Report 1989, 339; Melli 1995, 51, 96, no. 134; Kubiak 1974, 184; Marciari, in New York 2019, 117-18, under no. 18.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 339.

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