Lelio Orsi
1511-1587
Two Friezes with Framed Panels with Narrative Scenes and Figures. Verso of upper strip: Sheet of Studies: Dead Christ, Drapery Study for Same Figure, Sleeping Child with a Flock of Birds on its Chest, and Architectural Studies
8 1/4 x 10 15/16 inches (210 x 277 mm)
Pen and brown ink on two sheets of paper joined horizontally; verso: pen and brown ink.
1973.34
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Verso of upper strip: drapery study, sketch for a dead Christ, sleeping child, and various decorative elements.
Watermark: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink: "lelio".
Associated names
Beckmann, Heinrich, former owner.
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Seventeenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1976, p. 175.
Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz, exhibition catalogue by Konrad Oberhuber and Dean Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1973-1974, no. 61, repr. (includes full bibliography and exhibitions).
Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz, exhibition catalogue by Konrad Oberhuber and Dean Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1973-1974, no. 61, repr. (includes full bibliography and exhibitions).
Classification
Century Drawings
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