Mercury and Amphitrion disguised as Sosia
Maker
(Artists)
1501-1547
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
active 16th century (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1527-1596
1501-1547
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
active 16th century (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1527-1596
Title
Mercury and Amphitrion disguised as Sosia
Date of Production
(circa) 1528 - 1531
Medium
squared underdrawing in black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash and white bodycolour on brown-prepared paper with a semi-arched top, with a brown ink framing line along the left edge; partially incised for transfer, the verso prepared with black chalk
Dimensions
Height: 37.1 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1964.WF.4735
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1964
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 1964
Exhibition History
Perino del Vaga, Mantua, 17/03/2001-10/06/2001
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 16/11/1981-31/01/1982
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 16/11/1981-31/01/1982
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 5b
pl. II
Bean, Jacob, Italian drawings in the Art Museum Princeton University, Princeton University 1966
under no. 8
as School of Perino
Andrews, Keith, National Gallery of Scotland. Catalogue of Italian Drawings, Cambridge 1968
p. 125 ...More
Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts aus eigenem Besitz, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 1977
no. 108
as Perino
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1981-1982
cat. no. 135
p. 188
ill.
Davidson, Bernice F., 'The Furti di Giove tapestries designed by Perino del Vaga for Andrea Doria' in 'The Art Bulletin', September 1988 - pp. 424-50; LXX, 3
pp. 441-42
fig. 16 on p. 441
Perino del Vaga: tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001
no. 129
ill. on p. 251
Sotheby's, New York, Old Master & British Drawings, 30 January 2018
under lot 4 ...Less
cat. no. 5b
pl. II
Bean, Jacob, Italian drawings in the Art Museum Princeton University, Princeton University 1966
under no. 8
as School of Perino
Andrews, Keith, National Gallery of Scotland. Catalogue of Italian Drawings, Cambridge 1968
p. 125 ...More
Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts aus eigenem Besitz, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 1977
no. 108
as Perino
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1981-1982
cat. no. 135
p. 188
ill.
Davidson, Bernice F., 'The Furti di Giove tapestries designed by Perino del Vaga for Andrea Doria' in 'The Art Bulletin', September 1988 - pp. 424-50; LXX, 3
pp. 441-42
fig. 16 on p. 441
Perino del Vaga: tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001
no. 129
ill. on p. 251
Sotheby's, New York, Old Master & British Drawings, 30 January 2018
under lot 4 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "D 26009".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "D 26009".
Collector's mark: none.
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