French School
16th century
Architectural Surround with Arms of Pope Paul V
6 x 5 3/4 inches (151 x 146 mm)
Pen and brown ink, brown, red and blue wash, with incised lines in architecture, and collage element, on paper.
1973.11
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of the Hon. C. Douglas Dillon.
Notes
This sheet is comprised of an architectural surround with two female figures flanking an oval cartouche containing a pasted-in coat of arms at center. The surround replicates a design for a decorative panel above a mantelpiece in the Morgan's album of architectural designs by Jacques Androuet Ducerceau and his workshop (2006.19, folio 28). The coat of arms depicts a dragon with an eagle above, surmounted by a papal tiara; these are likely the arms of Camillo Borghese (1552-1621), who became Pope Paul V in 1605.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Hardy, John, former owner.
Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003, donor.
Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003, donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 165.
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