Giulio Romano

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Giulio Romano

1499-1546

Cybele on Chariot Pulled by Two Lions

Pen and brown ink and wash, on parchment.

6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (166 x 192 mm)

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

IV, 16c

Notes:

There is an engraving of a Triumph by Antonio Salamanca after Giulio Romano in the Witt Print Collection that is very similar to this drawing, showing the figures in reverse. See also the Giulio Romano "Lion with an Erect Tail" drawing sold Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1988, lot 119 (dated ca. 1524-26 by Frederick Hartt), which similar to the left-hand lion pulling Cybele's chariot in the Morgan drawing.
Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "Cibeles dt[symbol] 1544%"; on verso, at lower center, in graphite, "g2- / giulio Romano"; at center, in pen and brown ink, "45"; at lower left, "jB(?)"; on mount, beneath drawing, in graphite, "in(?) Blaisot/ Paris/ mars(?) 1877".

Provenance:

Antoine Barra [or Barru] Blaisot (1794-1876), (see L.263); purchased from his heirs by 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:

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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