Attributed to Girolamo Genga

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1476-1551

Drunken Silenus on a Donkey, Supported by a Satyr, with a Piping Satyr in the Background at Left (Partial Copy after a Roman Sarcophagus Depicting a Bacchic Procession)

ca. 1523-1525

Pen and two shades of brown ink on paper.

2 x 2 1/8 inches (48 x 54 mm)

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

I, 43a: no. 137

Notes:

Watermark: none.
One of 11 drawings on one mount, by same hand; some may have been cut from a single sheet.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso of mount in graphite, "de/ Gregorio Schiavone/ 137?".

Provenance:

Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Edinburgh and London (Lugt 1433); 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:

Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Schiavone, Andrea, approximately 1500-1563, Formerly attributed to.
Ćlinović, Juraj, approximately 1433-1504, Formerly attributed to.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Rinaldi 2014, 27-28, 48, no. B13-f (as Girolamo Genga).

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