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Studies of three nude male figures (recto)
Italian poem (verso)

Maker

Vincenzo Tamagni (artist)
1492-1530

Title

Studies of three nude male figures (recto)
Italian poem (verso)

Date of Production

1500 - 1530

Medium

pen and brown ink, traces of orange-red chalk, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4540

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




Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183; Franklyn (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso, lower left quarter of sheet, brown ink, cut off at left edge, hard to read: “[…] pricio mio et o[…] bon / ogni piacer dom […] & dilatto / […] Ladro m[...]rotto / &no so come il col Lilo sostiene / f[word crossed out] viso adir m[...] par mi [...] / viva forsa adirlo a mi di spatto / [...] duol il fa sic et adir te la matto / Omirano mi dice- [...] so for di spene / mi vivino sicur mi bal pino / mi dilatto inp[...] et mio E[...]tratto / Senza sospetto dilan [...] m & s[...]ine / si minato [...] bancoglitar il furto / [...] ordine / vanni- [...] sturbimi il furto //”; lower centre, graphite: “9”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink, partially abraded: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183).

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