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Design for Ornament with Two Male Nudes, One Holding a Pendant Cluster of Vegetables

Attributed to René Boyvin
approximately 1525-approximately 1598

Design for Ornament with Two Male Nudes, One Holding a Pendant Cluster of Vegetables

7 5/8 x 5 inches (194 x 127 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over charcoal, on light brown paper.
1952.3

Gift of H.M. Calmann.

Notes
This fragmentary sketch may be a copy after a portion of design for stucco decoration in one of the galleries at Fontainebleau.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of secondary support (now removed) in pen and brown ink, "Dubreuil/ marque ou vase fleurs"; in graphite, "René Boyvin".
Watermark: Pot with one handle, quatrefoil at top and letters in two lines across body of pot, including "ID[.. ]ONHL" (cf. Briquet 1285).
Associated names
Valori-Rustichelli, Charles de, 1820-1883, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 134.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department