Baldassare Franceschini
1611-1689
Allegory in Honor of Vittoria della Rovere
13 15/16 x 8 9/16 inches (339 x 219 mm)
Red chalk and red chalk wash on paper.
1976.35
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Study for central section of ceiling decoration in the Sala del Volterrano, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Study for central section of ceiling decoration in the Sala del Volterrano, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered on verso, in pen and black ink, "63".
Associated names
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. II: The seventeenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, no. 97, repr.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 93, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 263.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the Janos Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 93, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 263.
Classification
Century Drawings
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