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Circle of Agnolo Bronzino
1503-1572
Seated Male Nude, Turned to the Right, Looking Upward
1550s
Black chalk on paper.
15 3/4 x 10 inches (400 x 254 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 37b
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Watermark: none.
After Michelangelo (?)
Formerly attributed to Daniello da Volterra, 1509-1566.
Inscription:
Inscribed at upper right, in black chalk, "14"; at lower right, in pen and dark brown ink, in what seems to be Padre Sebastiano Resta's hand, "daniele da Volterra da M. Agelo Bonarota"; in upper right corner, in pen and brown ink, "m"; on verso, at lower center, in black chalk, "23".
Provenance:
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:
Daniele, da Volterra, ca. 1509-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, After.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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