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328 STUDIO DRAWINGS AND DRAWINGS OF UNDETERMINED STATUS CATALOGUES 76–77History
Pierre Crozat; Pierre-Jean Mariette (L. 1852 ); the Mar-
quis de Lagoy (no stamp); Samuel Woodburn; Thomas
Dimsdale; Samuel Woodburn; Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L. 2445 ); Samuel Woodburn.References
Details of theEveningand the figure resembling Giu-
liano etched by the Marquis de Lagoy at an uncertain
date. Lawrence Inventory, 1830 ,M.A.Buonaroti Case 3 ,
Drawer 3 ,no. 23 [ 1830 - 25 ] (“Another Magnificent Sheet
with a pen on both sides the paper – one of the tombs
of the Medici.”). Woodburn, 1836 b,no. 41 (“A Magnif-
icent Sheet of Studies – for the Tombs of the Medicis,
admirably drawn...full of knowledge in the anatomy.”).
The Athenaeum, 16 July 1836 (“[F]or the cognoscenti.”).
Woodburn,184 2, nos. 14 , 15 [The same drawing was
listed by Woodburn twice, in error, perhaps because it is
double-sided] (No. 14 :“Amagnificent study for one of
the figures on the Tomb of the Medici...drawn with sur-
prising energy in the grandest style of the master...with
several fine studies on the reverse....It is engraved.” No.
15 :“Asheet of studies for the Tomb of the Medicis,
admirably drawn with the pen and bistre showing the
exactest knowledge of anatomy. On the same side is a
study of J. de Medici, in a helmet, lightly drawn in black
chalk; on the reverse are several studies. This magnifi-
cent sheet is in his best style.” The provenances given
in both entries are identical.). Fisher, 1852 ,p. 5 , pl. 23
(Recto: as Woodburn,184 2.). Woodburn, 1853 ,no. 28
(Recto: reproduced.). Fisher, 1865 ,p. 18 ,I,pl. 23 (As
1852 .). Robinson,187 0,no. 43 (Michel Angelo. Recto:
studies for the Medici tombs. Verso: Studies of the left leg
of Lorenzo “drawn from a preparatory wax or clay model
on a small scale.” “[T]he evidence of this sheet, and of
others dating from the same period, goes to prove that his
hand no longer obeyed his mind with the unerring cer-
tainty of earlier years. Masterly and beautiful as is the tech-
nical style of these studies, there is indicated in them the
first appearance of that comparatively vague and tremu-
lous touch, which became with advancing age more and
more apparent. A certain tendency to mannerism, rather
in the mechanical execution than in the design...may
also be here perceived.”). Fisher,187 2,I,p. 16 , pl. 23
(As 1852 .). Ruskin,187 2,p. 78 (“[T]he lowest figure is,
strictly speaking, neither a study nor a working drawing,
but has either been scrawled in the feverish languour of
exhaustion, which cannot escape its subject of thought;
or, at best, an idly experimental addition of part to part,
beginning with the head, and fitting muscle after muscle,
and bone after bone, to it, thinking of their place only,
not of their proportion, till the head is only about one-twentieth part of the height of the body; finally, some-
thing between a face and a mask is blotted in the upper
left-hand corner of the paper, indicative, in the weakness
and frightfulness of it, simply of mental disorder from
overwork.”). Black, 1875 ,p. 214 ,no. 40. Gotti, 1875 ,II,
p. 233. Fisher,187 9, XXXII/ 34 (Michelangelo.). Beren-
son, 1903 ,I,pp. 255 , 257 ,no. 1710 (Montelupo.). Thode,
1913 ,p. 210 (Copy of theEvening.). Berenson, 1935 ,p. 275
(If the shading were not left-handed, the profile head, [F],
might be attributable to “Andrea.”). Berenson, 1938 ,I,
pp. 257 , 259 , 262 , 365 ,no. 1710 (As 1903 / 1935 .). Parker,
1956 ,no. 406 (Montelupo. “The shading is character-
istically left-handed throughout, including the woman’s
head, which might otherwise be mistaken for the work
of Mini, and was evidently the first study to have been
placed on the recto.” ). Berenson, 1961 ,no. 1710 (“Tutti
questi schizzi sono del Montelupo.”). Gatteschi, 1998 ,
pp. 56 – 8 (Cites Berenson; by Raffaello.).CATALOGUE 77raffaello da montelupo(c.15 0 5–15 6 6)
Recto: Horses and Other Studies
Ve r so: Figure Studies
184 6. 126 ;R. 20 ;P.II 405Dimensions: 190 × 281 mm (the corners chamfered).Watermark: Six pointed star within a circle; Robinson
Appendix no. 5. Not far from Briquet 6086.Medium
Pen and ink over red chalk and red chalk used indepen-
dently.Condition
Bevel inlay adhered to verso.
The sheet has overall surface dirt and discolouration.
There are a number of cleavages visible in transmitted
light, and many losses due to the breakdown of the
support by the medium. There are various historic filled
losses that have been toned. Show-through is visible on
both sides.Description and Inscriptions
Recto
A.A figure on horseback striking down another rider,
who has fallen forward over his horse’s neck.
B.A horse trophy.
C.A head of a young man in right profile.