FOLLOWER OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)

CARICATURES OF AN OLD MAN IN ACADEMIC DRESS, IN PROFILE TO THE RIGHT, AND AN OLD WOMAN WEARING A CAP, IN PROFILE TO THE LEFT

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FOLLOWER OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)
CARICATURES OF AN OLD MAN IN ACADEMIC DRESS, IN PROFILE TO THE RIGHT, AND AN OLD WOMAN WEARING A CAP, IN PROFILE TO THE LEFT
PEN AND BROWN INK, A TEAR MADE UP
44 X 104 MM.

Provenance

THE EARLS OF PEMBROKE, WILTON HOUSE.
EDWARD FOWLES.
ANON. SALE, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 12 JANUARY 1988, LOT 63.

Literature

S.A. STRONG, REPRODUCTIONS IN FACSIMILE OF DRAWINGS BY THE OLD MASTERS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY OF WILTON HOUSE, LONDON, 1902, II, PL. 15.

Sale room notice

AN ATTRIBUTION TO FRANCESCO MELZI HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.

Lot Essay

THIS AND TEN SIMILAR PAIRS OF CARICATURES AFTER LEONARDO WERE FORMERLY MOUNTED ON A SINGLE SHEET AT WILTON HOUSE. THE PROTOTYPE OF THE HEAD ON THE LEFT WAS AT CHATSWORTH AND WAS SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 3 JULY 1984, LOT 22. THE COUNTERPART REMAINS AT CHATSWORTH. THE WILTON DRAWINGS ESTABLISH THAT THE ORIGINALS WERE ARRANGED IN PAIRS AT AN EARLY DATE. OTHERS FROM THE WILTON SERIES ARE AT DETROIT, THE FOGG MUSEUM OF ART, CAMBRIDGE AND AT THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

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