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Attributed to Giulio Romano
1499-1546
Design for a Pitcher with a Grotesque Mask and a Scallop-Shaped Lid
Pen and black ink, gray-brown wash, traces of graphite or lead point, on paper.
13 5/16 x 5 7/16 inches (338 x 138 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 16i
Notes:
Watermark: none.
Possibly attributed to Studio of Giulio Romano.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of lining, "17".
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:
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546, Studio of, Possible attribution.
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, 16i.
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