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Sheet of Studies: Heads, Figures, and Horses

Circle of Francesco Squarcione
1397-1468

Sheet of Studies: Heads, Figures, and Horses

10 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (276 x 197 mm)
Pen and brown ink, white opaque watercolor, over metalpoint, on pink prepared paper.
1958.21

Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Carpatio"; on mount, beneath drawing, in graphite, by Popham?, "PADUAN SCHOOL, XV CENT.", on lining, removed from mount and now in departmental files, in pen and brown ink, by John Skippe?, "Vittorio Carpaccio was born at Venice and was contemporary with / Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, his principal works are in the school / of Sta Ursula at Venice, where they are now tolerably well preserved: / he died about the year 1500".
Associated names
Skippe, John B., 1742-1811, former owner.
Martin, Penelope Skippe, former owner.
Holland, Edward, former owner.
Raynor-Wood, Mrs. former owner.
Holland-Martin, Edward, former owner.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 87-88.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 171.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department