Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni
approximately 1496-approximately 1528
Cumaean Sibyl with a Dog
1510-1516
8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (215 x 138 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, with stylus indentations, on light brown toned paper. Upper right corner made up.
IV, 12
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, rafel d'urbin; on verso, at lower center, in pen and brown ink, Bm(?) /25//50 (fraction); at upper center, in pen and brown ink, 28(?); in graphite, 2209.
Associated names
Raphael, 1483-1520, Formerly attributed to.
Agostino Veneziano, active 1509-1536, After.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Huart, Philippe, -1869, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Agostino Veneziano, active 1509-1536, After.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Huart, Philippe, -1869, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Charles Fairfax Murray, Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray (J. Pierpont Morgan Collection), 4 vols, London 1905-1912, vol. 4, no. 12, repr. (Raphael, study for the engraving by Antonio (sic) Veneziano, Bartsch 123).
A.E. Popham and Johannes Wilde, Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, London, 1950, p. 319, under no. 815 (School of Raphael; possibly a pendant to Windsor drawing inv. no. 0415).
A.E. Popham and Johannes Wilde, Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, London, 1950, p. 319, under no. 815 (School of Raphael; possibly a pendant to Windsor drawing inv. no. 0415).
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