Francesco Vanni
1563-1610
Scenes from the Life of St. Catherine of Siena. Verso: Two studies of a half-length male nude
10 15/16 x 8 3/8 inches (277 x 212 mm)
Black chalk on blue laid paper; red chalk trials at lower left; verso: black chalk, with white chalk.
1986.110
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
The two studies on the verso are preliminary for the seated man at the lower left in the Miracle of St. Catherine of 1596 in S. Domenico, Siena.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at upper left corner in pen and brown ink, "del. Vani".
Watermark: Circle, fragment.
Watermark: Circle, fragment.
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Savoy, Aosta, Turin, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Savoy, Aosta, Turin, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Drawings from Tuscany and Umbria, 1350-1700. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley. Berkeley : Gillick, 1961, no. 95.
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 166.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 66, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 385.
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 166.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 66, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 385.
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