A Deathbed Scene [recto], c. 1521/1522

Not on View

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 21 x 29 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David E. Rust, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.9.1.a

Artists / Makers

Polidoro da Caravaggio (artist) Lombard, c. 1499 - 1543

Image Use

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Provenance

Robert Udny, England, before 1802 (1722 - 1830)(Lugt 2248); Samuel Woodburn (1786 - 1853); Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769 - 1830) (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn (his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 1860, no. 691); purchased by Evans. (Sotheby's, London, 12 March 1963, no. 21); David E. Rust, Washington, D.C., 1963 - 1991; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Lawrence, Thomas, Sir
Rust, David E.
Sotheby's, London
Udny, Robert
Woodburn, Samuel

Exhibition History

1836: One Hundred Original Drawings by Zucchero, Andrea del Sarto, Polidore da Caravaggio and Fra Bartolomeo, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lawrence Gallery, London (7th Exhibition), April 1836, no. 47.

1987: Drawings by Raphael and His Circle, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987, no. 82.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1991, 12-13.

2009: From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009, 146-148, 452, no. 27 (entry by Linda Wolk-Simon) (color).

2020: Raphael and His Circle: Prints and Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2020, no cat.

Bibliography

1969: Marabottini, Alessandro. Polidoro da Caravaggio. Rome, 1969: 1:310-311, cats. 51-52.

1978: Ravelli, Lanfranco. Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio. Bergamo, 1978: 121, cats. 52-53.

1986: Parma Armani, Elena. Perin del Vaga, L'anello mancante. Genoa, 1986: 40, 42, note 67, fig. 36.

1988: Leone de Castris, Pierluigi. Polidoro da Caravaggio fra Napoli e Messina. exh. cat. Capodimonte, Naples, 1988-1989 (Milan-Rome 1988): 7, fig. 6.

1988: Ravelli, Lanfranco. "Un fregio di Polidoro a palazzo Baldassini in Roma." Supplement to Atti dell'Ateneo di Scienze Lettere ed Arti 47. Bergamo, 1988: 43-44, figs. 64, 65.