Attributed to Palma il Giovane

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1544-1628

A Young Man Reading (Portrait of Matteo da Lecce). Verso: Man with Outstretched Arms, Looking Down to the Left, with Drapery at his Waist, and a Separate Study for the Drapery

1568

Black and red chalk on laid paper; verso: black chalk and pen and brown ink.

7 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (195 x 139 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

I, 74

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Notes:

Watermark: none.
The verso is a study after Daniele da Volterra's "Descent from the Cross" in SS. Trinità dei Monti, Rome.
Formerly attributed to Federico Zuccaro, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/2-1609 Ancona

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, presumably by the artist, "Mateo da lezia pictor in / Roma nel 1568"; beneath this, in pen and a darker brown ink, "qual morse poi nel peru / compagno di jiacomo / palma Cazmo[mo superscript](?) [Carissimo?]"; on verso, at lower left, in graphite, "D. da Volterraþs Décor for Chap(?)"; beneath this, in a different hand, in graphite, "/3".

Provenance:

William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836, no mark; see Lugt 2662-2665); William Sharp, Manchester (Lugt 2650); sale, London, Sotheby's, 1-12 March 1878?; 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:

Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609, Formerly attributed to.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Sharp, William, active mid-19th century, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

John Marciari, Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, New York, 2018, fig. 150, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan: Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London: Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 74.

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