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Italian School

15th cent

Head of the Virgin. Verso: Fragment of head of a woman

1400-1450

Black chalk on paper; partially ruled border in pen and black ink; verso: brush and black ink, over black chalk.

8 13/16 x 7 7/8 inches (224 x 200 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1986.94

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Watermark: none.
Acquired as Franciabigio.
Formerly attributed to Franciabigio (Francesco di Cristofano Giudicis), Florence 1484-1525 Florence, and Giulio Romano (1499-1546).

Inscription:

Inscribed on a separate piece of paper, possibly cut from the original drawing and now affixed to repaired section of verso, at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "Giulio Pippi = detto Giulio Romano".

Provenance:

Count Gregory Strogonoff (d.1910), Rome (Lugt 550; on a separate piece of paper, possibly cut from the original drawing and now affixed to repaired section of verso, at upper right); Dr. Ludwig Pollak (1868-1943), Rome (according to János Scholz); purchased in Rome in 1954 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Franciabigio, 1484-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546, Formerly attributed to.
Strogonoff, Gregory, Count, former owner.
Pollak, Ludwig, 1868-1943, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 78 (as Giulio Romano)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 340.

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