Luca Signorelli

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Luca Signorelli

1441?-1523

Four Demons Inspecting a Book

1500-1503

Black chalk on paper.

14 x 11 1/8 inches (355 x 284 mm)

Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.

1965.15

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Provenance:

Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784; Lugt 2793); Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792; Lugt 2364); Thomas Banks, London (1735-1805; Lugt 2423); probably by descent to Mrs. Lavinia Banks Forster (1774-1858) and Ambrose Poynter (1796-1886), London; Sir Edward J. Poynter, London (1836-1919; Lugt 874); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 24-25 April 1918, lot 174; Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), Harewood House, Yorkshire and London; his sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1965, lot 141.

Associated names:

Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Banks, Thomas, 1735-1805, former owner.
Forster, Lavinia Banks, 1774-1858, former owner.
Poynter, Ambrose, 1796-1886, former owner.
Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919, former owner.
Harewood, Henry George Charles Lascelles, Earl of, 1882-1947, former owner.

Bibliography:

Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 23.
Selected references: London 1893, no. 112; Vasari Society 1922, no. 1; London 1930, 97; Berenson 1932, 190-91, 207; Berenson 1938, no. 2509E; Scarpellini 1964, no. 77; Fellows Report 14 1967, 98-100; Stockholm 1970, no. 29; New York 1981, no. 4; van Cleave 1995, no. 24; Washington 1995-96, under no. 20; Testa 1996, 249-50; Röttgen 1997, 388; New York 2006, no. 3; Munich 2008-9, no. 4; Henry 2012, 206-7; Perugia and elsewhere 2012, no. 73.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourteenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, p. 98.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 170-171.
Denison, Cara D., and Helen B. Mules, with the assistance of Jane V. Shoaf. European Drawings, 1375-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, no. 4, repr.
From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no. 3, p. 8-9.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 4, repr. [Rhoda Eitel-Porter]

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