Studies of two nude figures (recto)
Maker
Formerly attributed to
Jacopo Sansovino
1486-1570
Formerly attributed to
1486-1530
attributed to
(artist)
1537-1591
Jacopo Sansovino
1486-1570
Formerly attributed to
1486-1530
attributed to
(artist)
1537-1591
Title
Studies of two nude figures (recto)
Date of Production
(before) 1528
Medium
red chalk (recto), red and black chalk (verso) on laid paper, inlaid into a historic mount border, with brown ink framing lines on both sides that partially overlap the mount
Dimensions
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 25.9 cm
Width: 25.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.351
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364 (lower left); Dr Francis Springell (1898-1974) and his wife, Portinscale, Cumbria; their sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 June 1962, lot 19 (repr., as by Andrea del Sarto); purchased there via Colnaghi (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£800; purchased D.1978.PG.369 from same sale); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 351
pls. XXXII, XXXIII
as Sansovino, attributed by Shearman, dated no later than 1527
Freedberg, Sydney, Andrea del Sarto: catalogue raisonné, Harvard University Press 1963
p. 256
as related to Naldini's style
no. 351
pls. XXXII, XXXIII
as Sansovino, attributed by Shearman, dated no later than 1527
Freedberg, Sydney, Andrea del Sarto: catalogue raisonné, Harvard University Press 1963
p. 256
as related to Naldini's style
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: star above shield containing sword with a hilt, from the pointed end there branches off a curved end as well (no match found in Briquet or Piccard).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, written twice, in dark brown ink over lighter brown ink: “Andrea del Sarto”. Mount borders (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: “21” and adjacent to that, in graphite: "3"; lower centre, graphite and again below that in brown ink: “Andrea del Sarto”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “V[…]”. Mount borders (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Andrea del Sarto”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, written twice, in dark brown ink over lighter brown ink: “Andrea del Sarto”. Mount borders (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: “21” and adjacent to that, in graphite: "3"; lower centre, graphite and again below that in brown ink: “Andrea del Sarto”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “V[…]”. Mount borders (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Andrea del Sarto”.
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