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Lelio Orsi
1511-1587
A Centaur before a Maze
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
6 9/16 x 7 1/8 inches (166 x 181 mm)
Purchased as a gift of H.R.H. Princess Christina and Mr. Jorge Guillermo, Mr. Frederick R. Koch, Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, Mrs. Samuel P. Reed, Mr. Thomas T. Solley.
1980.12
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Inscription:
Inscribed in banderole, in pen and brown ink, "VSQUE ADHVC"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Lelio da Novellara"; on verso, at center, in violet pencil, "Lelio Orsi detto da Novellara"; at lower center, in pencil, "Orsi"; below, in pencil, "Lelio da [Novellara] (partially effaced)"; at lower right, in pencil, "13".
Provenance:
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 April 1980, lot 144, pl. IV, Lelio Orsi da Novellara.
Associated names:
Christina, Princess, donor.
Guillermo, Jorge, donor.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Morgan, Henry S., Mrs., donor.
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Solley, Thomas T., donor.
Bibliography:
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 207.
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