Italian School
16th century
Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
6 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (171 x 172 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in red chalk.
1993.127
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Acquired as Francesco Torbido (called il Moro), Venice 1482/85-1561/2 Verona; the drawing bears an old attribution to "... del Moro".
Acquired as Francesco Torbido (called il Moro), Venice 1482/85-1561/2 Verona; the drawing bears an old attribution to "... del Moro".
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, cropped by edge, "[...]o del Moro"; on mount, beneath the drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Torbido, detto il Moro.-"; at lower left, in graphite, "123".
Associated names
Torbido, Francesco, 1486-1546, Possible attribution.
Zoomer, Jan Pietersz, 1641-1724, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Zoomer, Jan Pietersz, 1641-1724, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
The Life of the Virgin Mary : Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1967, no. 49.
Classification
Century Drawings
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