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Italian School

16th century

Antique Military Ruler in Consultation with Five Further Figures

Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink.

10 11/16 x 7 7/8 inches (270 x 200 mm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Munguia.

1992.21

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Description:

The drawing entered the collection as by Giulio Romano, though it is certainly not by him. The coarse draftsmanship suggests that it is a copy, possibly of a façade fresco such as those painted by Polidoro da Caravaggio (ca. 1499-ca. 1543), since the figures are seen di sotto in sù.

Notes:

The drawing entered the collection as by Giulio Romano (ca. 1499-1546).

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper right in pen and brown ink (cropped); on circular label pasted over red ink onto recto, in pen and brown ink, "No 60 / Inventar / 14; "on verso, at top, in pen and brown ink, "...di 10 giugno 1664 /...francesco gosep iervrtughe(?) consamatiam fecit / 94" [CONSERVATION LAB to look at]
Watermark: Letters "LC" over fragment of shield.

Provenance:

Unknown collector G.F. (black stamp with letters "G.F." in a rectangle at lower left); unknown German/Swiss/Austrian collector, possibly identical with the previous (his label with inventory number on recto); Mr. and Mrs. Harriet K. (d. 2005) and Gilberto Munguia, New York.

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Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 17th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546, Formerly attributed to.
Munguia, Gilberto, former owner.
Munguia, Gilberto, Mrs., former owner.

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