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Italian School
15th century
Four Roundels (Seated Couple with Dog(?); Enthroned Deity(?); Saint Distributing Money(?); Fighting Horseman), a Pair of Standing Men, One of Them Holding a Vessel, and Two Seated Angels Representing Charity and Faith
ca. 1460-1475
Pen and brown ink and wash, over metalpoint (?), on prepared (?) paper.
3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (95 x 134 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 6:4
Notes:
One of a series of six leaves from a sketchbook on one mat (I, 6:1-I, 6:6).
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist, beneath roundel with fighting horseman, in pen and brown ink, "SC"; beneath seated angels, in pen and brown ink, "CARITAS; FIDES".
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:
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: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 6 (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 6, repr. (as Florentine school, fifteenth century).
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