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Italian School
16th century
Young Woman, Seen from the Back, with Right Arm Raised. Verso: Hilly Landscape with a Cluster of Houses, a Tree at Left, in the Foreground
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
10 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (272 x 131 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 57
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Possibly attributed to Palma Il Vecchio, 1480-1528.
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Watermark: Base or escutcheon surmounted by cardinal's hat (cf. Briquet 3439: Vicenza 1512).
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.
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Palma, il Vecchio, 1480?-1528, 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, I, 57.
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