Lelio Orsi
1511-1587
A Centaur before a Maze
6 9/16 x 7 1/8 inches (166 x 181 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1980.12
Purchased as a gift of H.R.H. Princess Christina and Mr. Jorge Guillermo, Mr. Frederick R. Koch, Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, Mrs. Samuel P. Reed, Mr. Thomas T. Solley.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in banderole, in pen and brown ink, "VSQUE ADHVC"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Lelio da Novellara"; on verso, at center, in violet pencil, "Lelio Orsi detto da Novellara"; at lower center, in pencil, "Orsi"; below, in pencil, "Lelio da [Novellara] (partially effaced)"; at lower right, in pencil, "13".
Associated names
Christina, Princess, donor.
Guillermo, Jorge, donor.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Morgan, Henry S., Mrs., donor.
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Solley, Thomas T., donor.
Guillermo, Jorge, donor.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), donor.
Morgan, Henry S., Mrs., donor.
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Solley, Thomas T., donor.
Bibliography
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 207.
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Century Drawings
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