Attributed to Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-1547 Rome)

An eagle

Details

Attributed to Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-1547 Rome)
An eagle
with attribution 'Rafaelle.' (on the mount)
pen and brown ink, brown wash
8 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (21.1 x 16.3 cm)

Provenance

John Bouverie, Delapré Abbey, near Northampton (1722/1723-1750) (L. 325).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (on the mount).

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 63, as possibly Peruzzi.
A. Schmarsow, 'Aus dem Kunstmuseum der Schule zu Rugby', Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen, IX, 1888, no. 1, pp. 134 (as Giovanni da Udine).

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Lot Essay

This powerful study of an eagle at rest can be compared with a double-sided sheet at Chatsworth featuring similar birds and other rapidly sketched studies (inv. 15050a-b; see M. Jaffé, The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings. Roman and Neapolitan Schools, London, 1994, no. 360, ill.). Particularly close to the Bloxam drawing is the application of the brown wash as well as the fine cross-hatching seen on the claws, quite typical of the young Perino.

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