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Attributed to Girolamo da Carpi
1501-1556
Copy after Farnese "Flora"
ca. 1549-1553
Pen and brown ink, brown and yellow wash, over black chalk or metalpoint, with white opaque watercolor, on paper.
9 7/8 x 6 13/16 inches (251 x 173 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.229
Notes:
Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi.
Formerly attributed to Pirro Ligorio (Naples 1513-1583 Ferrara); acquired as Pirro Ligorio; Biagio Pupini (active 1511-1551).
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink: "IV(?);" in graphite: "No.3 / gerra(?) ancien g de mar ges(?) / LV(?) anneau."
Provenance:
Purchased in Paris in 1955 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
Associated names:
Scholz, János, former owner.
Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583, Formerly attributed to.
Pupini, Biagio, active 1511-1551, Formerly attributed to.
Bibliography:
Selected references: New York 1969, no. 2 (as Pirro Ligorio).
Scholz, Janos. In the Shadow of Vesuvius : Neapolitan Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. New York : Finch College Museum of Art, 1969.
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