Lot Essay
This drawing was previously attributed to Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, but is closer in style and scale to drawings by Biagio Pupini.
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Christ and Saint Thomas
Details
Attributed to Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (Bologna 1511-1575)
Christ and Saint Thomas
with inscription 'Da quello che ho uisto in una Pietà mandatami molti anni sono/ dal Pre Gio fr°. Morelli di Perugia io zaccolgo che guesta istoria sia/ [...] Rafaello. ad esequirsi à Gerol°. da Cosignola suo descepolo/ [...] (partially trimmed) (verso)
black chalk, grey wash, heightened with white, on blue paper
16 x 21 1/8 in. (40.5 x 53.5 cm.)
Christ and Saint Thomas
with inscription 'Da quello che ho uisto in una Pietà mandatami molti anni sono/ dal Pre Gio fr°. Morelli di Perugia io zaccolgo che guesta istoria sia/ [...] Rafaello. ad esequirsi à Gerol°. da Cosignola suo descepolo/ [...] (partially trimmed) (verso)
black chalk, grey wash, heightened with white, on blue paper
16 x 21 1/8 in. (40.5 x 53.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 31, 'The incredulity of Saint Thomas, MELDOLLA; (and six others) (for £1 to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials, attribution and number 'M H B/ meldolla/ 31' (recto) and inscription 'From the Lawrence Collection/ Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (verso)
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 31, 'The incredulity of Saint Thomas, MELDOLLA; (and six others) (for £1 to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials, attribution and number 'M H B/ meldolla/ 31' (recto) and inscription 'From the Lawrence Collection/ Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (verso)
Literature
Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 18, as attributed to Schiavone.
Sale room notice
Another version of this composition, also associated with Biagio Puini and of similar size and technique, formerly in the collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar (Christine Demele, Bestandskatalog. Zeichnungen aus Goethes Besitz, II, Die italienischen Zeichnungen, Cologne, Weimar and Vienna, 2010, no. 153, ill., as follower of Raphael). We are grateful to Ms. Demele for pointing out to us the existence of this drawing.
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