Bernardino Campi
1521-1591
Half-Length Figure of a High Priest, Holding a Vessel in his Left Hand, and a Plate with Bread in his Right Hand
3 1/8 x 3 inches (78 x 76 mm)
Brush and light brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper; squared in black chalk.
1993.341:1
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: None visible through lining.
On same mat as 1993.341:2.
On same mat as 1993.341:2.
Description
Stylistically comparable to a series of drawings of the story of Philemon and Baucis painted by Bernardino Campi 1582 in the Sala delle Olimpiadi of the Palazzo del Giardino in Sabbioneta. Five such studies are in Hamburg (Schaar 1997, no. 14), two in the Kunsthaus Heylshof in Worms and an eighth was in an English private collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, "90"; on verso, an inscription in pen and brown ink cancelled in pen and black ink,; below this, in red chalk, Vallardi inventory number, "F 417"; to the left of center, in graphite, "N ̊10".
Associated names
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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