Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldi

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Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldi

1527-1593

Half-Length View of a Man in Plumed Head Dress, in Profile to the Right

ca. 1571-1585

Pen and brown ink on paper.

4 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches (118 x 95 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1993.326:1

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Two drawings on one mat.
One of two costume designs by Arcimboldo in the Morgan Library, for which see 1993.326:2.

Provenance:

Possibly Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward (1857-1933) and Mary Brandegee (1871-1956), Boston (no mark, see Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark, see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Geiger 1954, 146; Oakland and elsewhere 1956, no. 2a (as Giuseppe Arcimboldo).
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 2a, repr.
Andreas Beyer. Arcimboldo Figurinen: Kostüme und Entwürfe für höfische Feste. Frankfurt, 1983.

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