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Italian School
15th century
Chest with Battle Reliefs; Studies of Renaissance Armor
Pen and brown ink on paper; remnants of framing lines, in pen and brown ink, at top right and bottom edges; black chalk smudges.
10 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (272 x 195 mm)
Gift of Katrin Bellinger in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.
1999.32
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Inscribed at lower left corner, in pen and dark brown ink, "Jacopo Sansovino"; on verso, at top, in pen and brown ink, "dicé g[...] dedimeno loquello A carpellina(?) del Cav.[.]so[..] / [..] il e bastiano(?) a empoli A le (?) Exullo(?)"; at right, in pen and brown ink, [computations, upside down].
Watermark: Scissors, centered on chain line (close to Briquet 3668 and 3685).
Provenance:
Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (Lugt 2184); Thomas Hudson (?) (1701-1779), London (Lugt 2432 or is this an unidentified collector: initials, T.K. (or J.K. ?), in black ink); Katrin Bellinger, Munich.
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Associated names:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Hudson, Thomas, 1701-1779, former owner.
Bellinger, Katrin, donor.
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