Studies for Small Bronzes with Classical Motifs

1490s

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Artist, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

Paduan, Circle of Andrea Riccio

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir John Charles Robinson [1824-1913], London; sold to John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltallach; given to Alfred E. Gathorne-Hardy [1845-1918], Newbury; Geoffrey Gathorne-Hardy [1878-1972], London; Robert Gathorne-Hardy [1902-1973], London; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1976, lot 10); purchased by Ian Woodner [1903-1990], New York; by descent to Andrea Woodner; given to NGA.

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Exhibition History

1971

  • Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Mr Geoffrey Gathorne-Hardy, P.&D. Colnaghi, London and tour, 1971-72, no. 22.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 5.

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 12.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 9.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 9.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 11.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 10.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 5.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1869

  • Robinson, J.C. Descriptive Catalogue of the Drawings by the Old Masters, Forming the Collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch, Esq.. London, 1869: no. 399.

1902

  • Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings ... in the Possession of the Hon. A.E. Gathorne-Hardy. Ballantyne Press, 1902: no. 41, 23.

1903

  • Berenson, Bernard. The Drawings of the Florentine Painters. 2 vols. London, 1903: 2: no. 1348, 11, 73.

1935

  • Scharf, Alfred. Filippino Lippi. Vienna, 1935: 131, 147, no. 325, 131.

1938

  • Berenson, Bernard. The Drawings of the Florentine Painters. Amplified ed. 3 vols. Chicago, 1938: 2: no. 1353a.

1961

  • Berenson, Bernard. I disegni dei pittori fiorentini. Revised and amplifed ed. 3 vols. Milan, 1961: 2: no. 1353a, 11, 264.

1971

  • Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Mr. Geoffrey Gathorne-Hardy. Exh. cat. London, 1971: no. 22.

1973

  • Old Master Drawings Presented by Lorna Lowe, National Book League, London, 1973, mentioned under no. 36.

1975

  • Shoemaker, Innes H. "Filippino Lippi as a Draughtsman." Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, New York, 1975: 1:375, no. 114.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection. Exh. cat. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983: 24-25.

1986

  • Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1986: 20-21.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Exh. cat. Dumont, Munich, 1986: 20-21.

  • Dibujos de los siglod XIV al XX: Coleccion Woodner. Exh. cat. Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986: 44-45.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection. Exh cat. Royal Academy of Art, London, 1987: 36-37.

1990

  • Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990: 40-41.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 10, 76-79.

2014

  • Christie's, London. Sale cat. "Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours." 10 July 2014: 7, under no. 103.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: No 787

Watermarks

apparently a corruption of a serpent mark like Briquet 13629 (Milan 1438, with similar variants Bergamo 1444 and Rechberg 1444)

Wikidata ID

Q64618775


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