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CATALOGUE 48 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 233in the garden ditto”; [lot 825 ] adds the information:
“from the collection of the Cicciaporci family of Flo-
rence to whom the contents of the three above lots
formerly belonged, mentioned in the preface to Con-
divi, Life of Michelangelo, published in 1746 , page xviii.
This collection was sold and dispersed about 1765 , and
with others purchased of the Cav. Cavaceppi, 1792 – 3 ,
bytheir present proprietor.”). Woodburn, 1836 b,no. 82
(With [Cats. 45 and 48 ] “admirably drawn in black chalk;
they are chiefly subjects from the New Testament....
the disciples asleep on the mount.”). Woodburn,184 2,
no. 64 (As 1836 .). Woodburn,184 6,no. 35 (As184 2.).
Robinson,187 0,no. 70. 2 (“Christ in the Garden of
Gethsemane; related to drawing recorded by Vasari in
possession of Duke Cosimo and a developed composi-
tion of the subject known from a print.”). Gotti, 1875 ,
II, p. 225. Berenson, 1903 ,I,pp. 227 – 8 ,no.15 7 2a
(c.15 4 5 for lost cartoon, copied by Venusti in Uffizi
230 F/ B 198 /Corpus 409 .). Thode, 1908 , II, pp. 462 – 3
(For painting ofAgony in the Garden.). K. Frey, 1909 – 11 ,
no. 240 (Related to design painted by Venusti; identical in
handling to [Cat. 48 ].). Thode, 1913 ,no. 443 (As 1908 .).
De Tolnay, 1927 ,pp. 176 – 8 (c.155 6; notes links with two
sketches of c.15 4 6in Codex Vaticanus, fol. 81 verso and
82 verso/Corpus 407 , 406 .). Berenson, 1938 ,I,p. 236 ;
no.15 7 2A (As 1903 .). Wilde, 1953 a,pp. 118 – 19 ( 1555 –
60 for Marcello Venusti’sAgony in the Garden,inGalleria
Doria. Other studies on BM W 79 /Corpus 405 , Albertina
BK 4868 /Corpus 408 ,Codex Vaticanus fols. 81 verso
and 82 verso/Corpus 407 and 406 .). Wilde, 1953 exh.,
no. 81 B. Parker, 1956 ,no.34 0(Late, for Venusti’s paint-
ing.). Dussler, 1959 ,no. 202 (Michelangelo,155 0– 5 .).
De Tolnay, 1960 ,pp. 209 – 10 ,p. 220 ,no. 227 ,(c.155 2.
To gether with Codex. Vaticanus. fols. 81 verso and 82
verso/Corpus 407 and 406 , and BM W 79 /Corpus 405
for Venusti’sGethsemane composition in the GalleriaDoria. Once part of same sheet as [Cat. 48 ].). Berenson,
1961 ,no.15 7 2A (As 1903 / 1938 .). Barocchi, 1962 ,
p. 247 (Michelangelo; Uffizi 230 F/ B 198 /Corpus 409 by
Ve n usti.). Barocchi, 1964 c,no. 66 (For Venusti’s paint-
ing.). Berti, 1965 ,pp. 488 , 492 (For Venusti, c.155 0– 5 .).
Hartt, 1971 ,no. 448 (155 0– 5 .). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,
no. 170 (Presumably forAgony in the Gardenexecuted
byVe n usti, c. 1555 – 60 .). De Tolnay, 1978 ,Corpus III,
no. 404 (As 1960 .). Hirst, 1988 ,p. 40 (This is probably
the upper section of the sheet formed with [Cat. 48 ],
which was originally still larger. Prepares Michelangelo’s
cartoon Uffizi 230 F/ B 198 /Corpus 409 for Venusti, c.
15 6 0.). Perrig, 1991 ,p. 49 , fig. 36 (Michelangelo, late;
part of same sheet as [Cat. 48 ].). Perrig, 1999 ,pp. 230 – 1
(As 1991 ;from the Farnese Collection.).CATALOGUE 48Studies for a Two-Figure Pieta and a Three-Figure`
Entombment
184 6. 85 ;R. 70 ( 1 ); P.II 339 ; Corpus 433
Dimensions: 108 × 281 mmAvertical cut 118 mm from the right edge was made
between two groups. The page has then been rejoined,
but the aligment is not exact and the chain lines do not
match precisely. Indeed, although it is probable that the
two fragments were once parts of the same sheet, it is not
possible to be certain of this. As with Cat. 47 – where
further discussion of this matter is to be found – it seems
that the two pieces led for some time separate existences,
as the lay-out of the inscriptions on the verso indicate.
It may be presumed that the sheet formerly extended
further to the left, because a further group at the left edge