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Two Male Nudes, One Playing a Viola, the Other Singing

Workshop of Filippino Lippi
-1504

Two Male Nudes, One Playing a Viola, the Other Singing

ca. 1480-1490
7 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (200 x 225 mm; maximum dimensions)
Metalpoint, with white opaque watercolor, on brown prepared laid paper.
IV, 2

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Andrea del Castagno, David Ghirlandaio, and Anonymous, Italian School, Florence, ca. 1490.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of mount, in red ink, "b"; in pen and brown ink, "[...effaced] 54"; in graphite, "Lorenzo Cossa; 32/20[a fraction] 12; 23".
Associated names
Castagno, Andrea del, 1423-1457, Formerly attributed to.
Ghirlandaio, Davide, 1452-1525, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Arundel, Earl of, former owner.
Tighe, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department