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Italian School
16th century
Head of an Old Man with Opened Mouth and Facing Three Quarters to the Left
Black and white chalk, on blue laid paper altered to gray-green.
11 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (291 x 199 mm; maximum dimensions)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 58
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Palma il Vecchio, Serina Alta c. 1480-1528 Venice.
Inscription:
Inscribed at top on verso of old mount, in pen and brown ink, "O".
Provenance:
Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (Lugt 2184; possibly his sale, 4 February 1747, lot 68 "Two heads, Titian and Guido" for £7.7.0 bought by Bouverie); John Bouverie (ca. 1723-1750), East Betchworth, Surrey (Lugt 325 mistakenly Edward Bouverie) ; his sale, London, Christie's, 20 July 1859, lot 108, Jacopo Palma "Studies of old men in black chalk, heightened with white. From the Richardson Collection"; bought by Graves [presumably Henry Graves & Co., London] (with PML IV, 58a and lot 109 for £4.4.0; Henry Graves & Co., London; 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:
Palma, il Vecchio, 1480?-1528, Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Bouverie, John, 1722 or 1723-1750, former owner.
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, 58.
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