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Two Seated Nude Figures. Verso: Semi-reclining Nude Figure with a Fragmentary Study of Another Nude

Attributed to Marco Tintoretto
1561-1637

Two Seated Nude Figures. Verso: Semi-reclining Nude Figure with a Fragmentary Study of Another Nude

ca. 1590
8 x 2 1/4 inches (203 x 312 mm)
Black chalk on blue paper, faded to gray.
IV, 75

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

Notes
Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Jacopo Tintoretto, Venice 1519-1594 Venice.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on recto, at upper right, and on the verso, at upper left, in black chalk, by the artist, "marco"; inscribed in another hand, on recto, at lower right, and on verso, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "G Tintoretto".
Associated names
Tintoretto, 1518-1594, Formerly attributed to.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Michiaki Koshikawa. Review of Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice. Master Drawings, vol. 58, no. 2 (Summer 2020), p. 250, repr.
John Marciari, Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, New York, 2018, no. 68, figs. 109-110, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 75, recto repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department