Bartolomeo Spani
1468-1539
Design for a Tabernacle
ca. 1500-1520
10 x 6 1/2 inches (255 x 165 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over stylus indentations, on paper.
I, 8
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.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Marmitta, Francesco, approximately 1462-1505, Formerly attributed to.
Bardini, Stefano, 1836-1922, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Marmitta, Francesco, approximately 1462-1505, Formerly attributed to.
Bardini, Stefano, 1836-1922, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 8, repr.
Fahy, Everett. Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe / di Everett Fahy. Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000, 60 no. 653 (as circle of the Master of the Codex Escurialensis).
Fahy, Everett. Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe / di Everett Fahy. Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000, 60 no. 653 (as circle of the Master of the Codex Escurialensis).
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