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Allegorical Figure of Abundance/Charity with a Banderole Flanked by Two Caryatids. Verso: Sheet of Studies: Part of a Decorated Arch, a Frame, a Seated Figure and a Standing Figure

Circle of Taddeo Zuccaro
1529-1566

Allegorical Figure of Abundance/Charity with a Banderole Flanked by Two Caryatids. Verso: Sheet of Studies: Part of a Decorated Arch, a Frame, a Seated Figure and a Standing Figure

5 15/16 x 6 inches (148 x 152 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
IV, 196

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

Notes
Possibly attributed to Circle of Jacopo Bertoia, Parma 1544-1573.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letter "W or "M"" in circle, fragment. Distorted chain line below circle.
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Bertoia, Jacopo, 1544-ca. 1573, Circle of, Possible attribution.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : drawings by the old masters formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 196.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department