Attributed to Palma il Giovane

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Attributed to Palma il Giovane
1544-1628
Last Supper, after Tintoretto
Black and white chalk, on light brown paper.
10 1/8 x 17 11/16 inches (257 x 450 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1982.48
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The drawing is a study after the painting of ca. 1575-1581 by Jacopo Tintoretto in the Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice.

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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Robert Prioleau Roupell?, London (1798-1886; his initials in graphite, partially erased, on mount?; see Lugt 2234); his sale, London, Christie's, 12-14 July 1887, possibly lot 875, "as Veronese"; De Beer; from whom purchased in London in 1960/1? by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Tintoretto, 1518-1594, after.
Roupell, Robert Prioleau, 1798-1886, former owner.
De Beer, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

The Life of Christ : Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection : Italian Drawings from the 16th through the 18th Century. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1964, no. 45.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 285.

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