Domenico Campagnola
approximately 1500-1564
Landscape with Town on a River, and Camels in the Foreground
ca. 1545-1555
9 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (239 x 387 mm)
Pen and dark brown and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink.
I, 68
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Italian school, 16th century.
Description
This drawing was previously considered the work of one of Domenico Campagnola’s followers, or even perhaps a copy of a lost drawing, but Tobias Nickel has identified it as Campagnola’s own work, noting that both the structure of the space and details such as the camels at right can be compared to other drawings by the master.
The additions along the lower edge, in a lighter brown ink, are possibly by a later hand.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in graphite, "Titinen".
Watermark: Open crown surmounted by a six-pointed star (cf. Briquet II, 4835. Prague, 1561; Lucca, 1565-66; Rome, 1567-68).
Watermark: Open crown surmounted by a six-pointed star (cf. Briquet II, 4835. Prague, 1561; Lucca, 1565-66; Rome, 1567-68).
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Weitenkampf 1917, 79, no. 3; Tietze and Tietze-Conrat, 1944, 129, no. 513; New York 1923, no. 68; Nickel 2017, cat. 235.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 68, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 68, repr.
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