Bartolomeo Spani
1468-1539
Design for a Wall Tomb, with God the Father Adored by Two Angels in a Lunette
ca. 1500-1520
15 5/16 x 10 13/16 inches (390 x 274 mm, maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with light pink wash (architectural detail) on paper; stylus indentations.
I, 81
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Marcello Calogero has recognized that this is one of four drawings at the Morgan (including I, 8; I, 9; I, 43; and I, 81) -- all previously anonymous -- that can be attributed to the goldsmith and sculptor Bartolomeo Spani. The four sheets, and two others whose present whereabouts are unknown, were framed together when in the collection of Stefano Bardini in Florence. See Fahy, Everett, Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe / di Everett Fahy (Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000), 60.
Description
One of a group of three drawings in the Morgan’s collection that were reproduced in photographs in the dealer Stefano Bardini’s archive in Florence, and therefore probably once owned by him.1 The drawings appear to have been executed in Lombardy, ca. 1500-10.
Footnotes:
- Fahy 2000, 60. See also Morgan Library & Museum, New York, inv. I, 9 and I, 43.
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Master of the Codex Escurialensis, Circle of, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Master of the Codex Escurialensis, Circle of, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 81 (as Italian school, ca. 1510).
Fahy, Everett. Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe / di Everett Fahy. Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000, 60, no. 654 (as circle of the Master of the Codex Escurialensis).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old
Fahy, Everett. Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe / di Everett Fahy. Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000, 60, no. 654 (as circle of the Master of the Codex Escurialensis).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old
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