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Italian School
15th century
Head of an Infant
ca. 1480-1510
Metalpoint, on pink prepared paper; cut to an arched top.
4 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches (109 x 92 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 11a
Notes:
Formerly attributed to the circle of Lorenzo di Credi, Florence 1457-1536 Florence, and to the School of Perugino.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and black ink, "89"; on verso, in lower left corner, in pen and red ink, "No. 149"; at lower left in graphite, "Perugino"; at upper left, in graphite, "10".
Provenance:
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Edinburgh and London (Lugt 1433; probably his sale, Christie's, 12 May 1902, lot 96, as Lorenzo di Credi "Silver-Point Study of the Head of a Boy Exhibited at the Guildhall, 1895"; bought by Ricketts [presumably Charles De Sousy Ricketts (1866-1931)] for £44.0.0 or lot 97 as Lorenzo di Credi, "Head of Youth - silver-point, on tinted paper"; bought by Colnaghi & Co. for £38.0.0; 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:
Lorenzo di Credi, approximately 1460-1537, Circle of, Formerly attributed to.
Perugino, approximately 1450-1523, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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