Circle of Amico Aspertini

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Circle of Amico Aspertini

1474-1552

Classical Frieze with Satyrs, Putti and Other Figures

Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper; black chalk framing lines at top and bottom.

5 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches (132 x 365 mm)

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

IV, 33

Notes:

Watermark: none.
On same mat with IV, 33a.
Formerly attributed to Italian School, Lombard, 16th cent.
In Fairfax Murray's time the drawings were given to Bambaia, Busto Arsizio ca. 1483-1548 Milan.
Formerly attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi.

Inscription:

Inscribed on the tablet at lower left, in pen and brown ink, by the artist, "V F / Z M".

Provenance:

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), England (according to Fairfax Murray); 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:

Bambaia, 1483-1548, Formerly attributed to.
Peruzzi, Baldassarre, 1481-1536, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Meller 1960, 122, n. 3; Columbus 1961, no. 76; Rockford 1963, no. 6; Frommel 1968, 71, no. 25, XIIIa; Rockford 1963, no. 6; Dreyer and Winner 1964, 53-94.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 33.

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