William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

English, 1672 - 1729

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Leonardo da Vinci, Grotesque Head of an Old Woman, 1489/1490, pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down, Gift of Dian Woodner, 2022.84.1

Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci · 1489/1490 · pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2022.84.1

Four drawings of faces and bodies are affixed onto a larger vertical album page, on which architectural decorations have been drawn on to act as frames. Three vertical drawings are spaced along the top half of the ivory-colored album page, and one larger horizontal drawing fills the bottom half. Drawn with brown ink and gray washes, the frames resemble moldings and scrolls around each drawing, with garlands flanking the bottom sketch. The three drawings in the top zone are done with metalpoint on gray or mauve paper and are highlighted with touches of white. The metalpoint technique creates faint silvery-gray lines. In the top left drawing, a nude man stands facing us. In the center, the face of a cleanshaven young man with curling hair beneath a cap looks down and to our left. Below the face, a forearm and hand clutching a rock appears next to another study of a hand. In the drawing to our right, a man wearing a toga-like robe leans on a walking stick, facing our left in profile. The drawing at the bottom is done with gray metalpoint lines and white strokes against golden yellow paper. A person sits and twists up in a spiral to our left. In the center of this drawing are three studies of muscular legs. Then, to our right, a man sits on a throne holding a spear or scepter and globe, facing our right in profile. An inscription in the frame below the bottom drawing reads, “Filippo Lippi Pitt: Fior:”
The "Chief Framer", Giorgio Vasari, Raffaellino del Garbo, Sandro Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page"), Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590, album page with ten drawings on recto and verso in various media with decoration in pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, on light buff paper, Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.190.1

Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

The "Chief Framer", Giorgio Vasari, Raffaellino del Garbo, Sandro Botticelli, Filippino Lippi · Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590 · album page with ten drawings on recto and verso in various media with decoration in pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, on light buff paper ·  Accession ID  1991.190.1

Raffaellino del Garbo, The "Chief Framer", Saint Roch between Saints Anthony Abbot and Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1485/1495, gouache and brown wash heightened with white on laid paper, Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.190.1.h

Saint Roch between Saints Anthony Abbot and Catherine of Alexandria

Raffaellino del Garbo, The "Chief Framer" · c. 1485/1495 · gouache and brown wash heightened with white on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.190.1.h

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer", Man with a Stick, c. 1500, metalpoint heightened with white on gray-prepared paper, Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.190.1.c

Man with a Stick

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer" · c. 1500 · metalpoint heightened with white on gray-prepared paper ·  Accession ID  1991.190.1.c

Raphael, A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto], c. 1513, red chalk and pen and brown ink, with stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1993.51.3.a

A Marble Horse on the Quirinal Hill [recto]

Raphael · c. 1513 · red chalk and pen and brown ink, with stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1993.51.3.a

Raphael, Architectural Details and a Soldier [verso], pen and brown ink on laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1993.51.3.b

Architectural Details and a Soldier [verso]

Raphael · · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1993.51.3.b

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer", Various Figure Studies, c. 1493/1495, metalpoint heightened with white on ochre-prepared paper with borders by Vasari in brown ink, Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.190.1.d

Various Figure Studies

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer" · c. 1493/1495 · metalpoint heightened with white on ochre-prepared paper with borders by Vasari in brown ink ·  Accession ID  1991.190.1.d

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer", Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm, 1488/1493, metalpoint heightened with white on light green-prepared paper, Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.190.1.j

Two Draped Women Standing on Either Side of a Herm

Filippino Lippi, The "Chief Framer" · 1488/1493 · metalpoint heightened with white on light green-prepared paper ·  Accession ID  1991.190.1.j

Rembrandt van Rijn, View of Houtewael near the Sint Anthoniespoort [recto], c. 1650, reed pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash and touches of white on laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1993.51.6.a

View of Houtewael near the Sint Anthoniespoort [recto]

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1650 · reed pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash and touches of white on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1993.51.6.a

Rembrandt van Rijn, Figures on the Anthoniesdijk Entering Houtewael [verso], c. 1650, reed pen and brown ink on light brown washed laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1993.51.6.b

Figures on the Anthoniesdijk Entering Houtewael [verso]

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1650 · reed pen and brown ink on light brown washed laid paper ·  Accession ID  1993.51.6.b

Bibliography

1965

  • Cooper, Douglas, ed. Great Family Collections. New York, 1965:147-168