Francesco Vanni
1563-1610
Man Chopping Wood
16 3/16 x 11 9/16 inches (411 x 293 mm)
Black chalk and gray wash, with traces of white chalk, on gray paper.
1986.108
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: sword in a circle.
Paper squared for transfer, in graphite; framing line on mount in pen and brown ink.
The counterproof of a cabinetmaker on the verso of the lining suggests that the drawing was once part of an album devoted to the subject of laborers.
Paper squared for transfer, in graphite; framing line on mount in pen and brown ink.
The counterproof of a cabinetmaker on the verso of the lining suggests that the drawing was once part of an album devoted to the subject of laborers.
Inscriptions/Markings
On back of lining: counterproof of a cabinetmaker, in black chalk.
Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "C. Vanni"; numbered at upper right corner of mount in pen an dbrown ink, "116 [crossed out and cut off?] / g [cut off]"; inscribed at bottom edge of mount in pen and brown ink, "del C. Vanni Vecchio emulando Annibale Caracci, men vigoroso, forse più morbido".
Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "C. Vanni"; numbered at upper right corner of mount in pen an dbrown ink, "116 [crossed out and cut off?] / g [cut off]"; inscribed at bottom edge of mount in pen and brown ink, "del C. Vanni Vecchio emulando Annibale Caracci, men vigoroso, forse più morbido".
Associated names
Scholz, János, donor.
Bibliography
Drawings from Tuscany and Umbria, 1350-1700. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley. Berkeley : Gillick, 1961, no. 94.
Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989, p. 384-385.
Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989, p. 384-385.
Classification
Century Drawings
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