Studies of three nude male figures (recto)
Italian poem (verso)
Maker
Vincenzo Tamagni (artist)
1492-1530
1492-1530
Title
Studies of three nude male figures (recto)
Italian poem (verso)
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
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).
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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