Title(s):
Two head studies of a youth looking down; study for the Virgin of the Annunciation; two standing women, one holding a baby Head of a youth in profile to left; two head studies of a youth looking down; four separate studies for the Virgin of the Annunciation
Maker:
Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara); draughtsman; Italian artist, 1490/1500-1543
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
Date:
circa 1527 — 1528
School/Style:
Italian
Technique:
drawing
Material(s):
red chalk; medium
paper; support
Technique
Description:
red chalk on paper, losses upper left, left corner, top left
Dimension(s):
height, 110, mm
width, 156, mm
Acquisition:
bought; 2003; Executors of Myril Pouncey
Provenance:
Mrs T.H. Riches; her sale, Sotheby's 29 November 1950, part of lot 21; Hans Calmann; Philip Pouncey; Myril Pouncey, acquired from her executors [withdrawn from sale at Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2003, lot 6]
Acquisition Credit:
From the Gow and Rylands funds with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund, 2003.
Exhibition(s):
Italian 16th Century Drawings from British Private Collections. 1969
Venue: Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh
Notes: Plate 13.
Catalogue number: 67
Polidoro da Caravaggio fra Napoli e Messina. 1989
Venue: Capodimonte, Naples
Catalogue number: V.11
[Fitzwilliam Museum, 2000-2002]. 2000 - 2002
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)
Italian Drawings: Highlights from the Collection. 2011-02-08 - 2011-07-10
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Venue: Mellon Gallery
Documentation:
Marabottini, Alessandro. 1969. Polidoro da Caravaggio.Rome: p. 322-3
Cat. 92-3.
Ravelli, L.. 1978. Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio.Bergamo: p. 169
Cat. 148-9.
Leone de Castris, P.. 1985. I Dipinti di Polidoro da Caravvio per la chiesa della Pescheria a Napoli.Naples: Capodimontep. 22-3
Previtali, G.. 1986. Andrea da Salerno nel Rinascimento meridionale.Padua: p. 163
No. 34, 254.
Various. 1987. La Pittura in Italia: Il Cinquecento.Milan: p. 440
Ciardi Dupré dal Poggetto, M.G.. Ghelazzi Dini, G.. 1976. 'Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio'.Bergamo:
Source Title: I Pittori Bergamaschi, Il Cinquecento, II()
p. 320
Cat. 116.
Leone de Castris, P.. 1983. 'Polidoro alla Pietra del pesce'.
Source Title: Ricerche di Storia dell' Arte()
p. 28-30
Giusti, P.. Leone de Castris, P.. 1985. 'Forastieri e regnicoli'.Naples:
Source Title: La pittura moderna a Napoli nel primo Cinquecento()
p. 58-63, 68-9
And note 57.
Accession:
Object Number: PD.1-2003
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 82780; input: 2003-02-10; modified: 2011-04-08)
Permanent
Identifier:
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