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Italian School
15th century
Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left, Wearing a Cap
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; red chalk framing lines at top and bottom.
3 11/16 x 2 15/16 inches (94 x 74 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1986.69
Inscription:
Inscription on verso of mount in Scholz's hand and another hand, "Coll A. / Mattu?Uhrsaccio / Look up Tolnay / Tolnay: only technique like / the early Michelangelo - / drawings Florence ca. 1500 / but weak".
Watermark: none.
Provenance:
Dukes of Savoy, Aosta, Turin; purchased in Turin by János Scholz, New York.
Associated names:
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent.
Savoia-Aôsta, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 352.
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