Medium:Red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on beige paper
Dimensions:12-7/16 x 17-1/16 in. (31.6 x 43.4 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917
Object Number:19.76.6
Inscription: Annotated in pen and dark brown ink at lower border, "Primaticcio."
Marking: Metropolitan Museum of Art collector's stamp (Lugt 1943)
Prosper Henry Lankrink (British); possibly acquired by Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (British); Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (British)(reorganized after 1772-73 in Pembroke Volume IV, XU. 4); by descent to Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (British); Pembroke Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 5–6, 9–10, 1917, part of no. 500
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Italian Renaissance Drawings from New York Collections," November 9, 1965–January 9, 1966.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Emilian Drawings and Prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1500–1700," March 26–May 24, 1987.
Sandford Arthur Strong Reproductions in Facsimile of Drawings by the Old Masters in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery at Wilton House. London, 1900, Part 5, no. 53, repr. (as Primaticcio).
Sotheby's, London, Earls of Pembroke Catalogue of superb prints, drawings, pictures, and armour from the historical collections at Wilton House, Salisbury, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery. Sale catalogue. July 5-6, 9-10, 1917, cat. no. 500.
Bryson Burroughs "Drawings Among the Recent Acquisitions." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 14, no. 8, New York, August 1919, p. 177.
Walter Mehring European Drawings from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Portfolio of Collotype Reproductions [Vol. 1: Italian Drawings; Vol. 2: Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings; Vol. 3: "New Series": Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 3 vols., New York, 1942–44, cat. no. 24 (vol.1), fig. no. 24, ill.
"Some Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum." Connoisseur. vol. 110, New York, January 1943, p. 151.
Jacob Bean, Felice Stampfle Drawings from New York Collections, Vol. I: The Italian Renaissance. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965, p. 62, no. 98, ill.
Jean-Pierre Samoyault Le château de Fontainebleau au XVIe siècle Exh. cat., Grand Palais. Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris, 1972, cat. no. 162, pp. 149-150.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, cat. no. 198, fig. no. 198, pp. 202-03, ill.
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