Flight of Meriones, with Dead Coeranos Being Dragged from the Chariot

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper, corners cut

Dimensions

overall: 25.6 x 35.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.150.57

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

Giulio Romano (artist after) Roman, 1499 - 1546

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower center in brown ink: Giulio Romano

Provenance

Prosper Henry Lankrink, London (Lugt 2090); William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire (Lugt 718); William Mayor [d. 1874], London (Lugt 2799); probably Jeffrey Whitehead, London (sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1903, no. 10). Helene C. Seiferheld, New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1961; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of
Lankrink, Prosper Henry
Mayor, William
O'Neal, William B., Professor
Seiferheld, Helene C.

Exhibition History

1961: Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, no. 1 (as Romano).

1971: Ten Years of Art in Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 1971.

1973: Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975 (as Romano), no. 20.

Bibliography

1875: A Brief Chronological Description of a Collection of Original Drawingsand Sketches...Formed by the late Mr. William Mayor. London, 1875, no. 51 (as Romano).

1962: Pouncey, Philip, and John A. Gere. Italian Drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Raphael and His Circle. London, 1962: 67, under no. 88.

1965: "In Virginia," Arts in Virginia, 5, no. 2 (Winter 1965), 22-23.

1975: "Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975): 2 (not illus.).

1993: National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 96.