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Sheet of five studies

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

After
(artist)
1487-1564

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547

Title

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 20.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.392

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Notes

Pouncey and Gere, in 1962 in their discussion of the drawing of the 'Arms of Pope Paul III between personifications of the Church and Rome' (British Museum, 1946,0713.452), included D.1952.RW.392 among a group of drawings assigned to 'An Assistant of Perino del Vaga (Luzio Romano?)', along with D.1952.RW.402, 461, 466 and others in Windsor (see the British Museum record, where the attribution to Romano for their sheet has since been confirmed by records of payments to him). This studio assistant was working long after Perinos' death, as his hand appears on drawings including the devices of Julius III (1550-5) and Pius IV (1559-65), and Romano was also working for the Pope as late as the 1560s so he could be this studio assistant; he was also a specialist in grotesque and ornament, and he trained under Perino. Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodino in 2001 published this along with D.1952.RW.402, 461 and 466 as originating from Luzio Luzzi's sketchbook.

Provenance

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); their estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, lot 35 (as by Perino, with 9 others); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Renaissance drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/2009-20/05/2009

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Cecilia Ruggeri, Giovanni da Udine riparografo: alcune proposte per una "pittura di cose", Bollettino dei Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie 2016; 34
p. 246
Illus. no. 11 on p. 247
as by da Udine

Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta, 'Addenda a Luzio Luzzi disegnatore' in 'Bollettino d'Arte', Apr.-Jun 2001 - pp. 39-78; 116
p. 67
as Luzio Luzzi

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 8
as by Perino del Vaga ...More

Pouncey, Philip and J.A. Gere, Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum Raphael and his circle, London 1962
pp. 111-12 under no. 186
attr. to Luzio Romano ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: APHA

Inscription: N

Inscription: Pierino

Inscription: Pierino

Inscription: A. 9N.

Inscription: Possino

Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: centre: circle containing anchor topped by a 6-pointed star.

Inscription: 9

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