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336 STUDIO DRAWINGS AND DRAWINGS OF UNDETERMINED STATUS CATALOGUES 79–80
G.The arrangement of scrolls and consoles seen in pro-
file, on a slightly smaller scale and with modifications.
Verso
Parker refers to slight black chalk studies on the verso,
faint traces of which are visible on the old photograph
taken of this side before it was laid down.
Discussion
Even though these drawings are probably not derived
from specific projects by Michelangelo, they strongly
reflect his influence both in the architectural and the fig-
ure design. The female torso shows awareness of the New
SacristyDawn, and the studies for a fireplace obviously
employ motifs familiar from Michelangelo’s architectural
and decorative work of the15 2 0s.
Berenson suggested that the fireplace might be con-
nected with designs by Raffaello da Montelupo for
the Castel Sant’Angelo, in which, according to Vasari,
“seguito assai la maniera di Michelagnolo, come ne fanno`
fede i camini, le porte e le finestre che egli fece in detto
Castello.”
Two other sheets of drawings by Raffaello da Mon-
telupo contain studies that are probably connected with
this fireplace:
1. London, British Museum, 1946 - 7 - 13 - 36 ;pen and ink,
204 × 256 mm. (This sheet also contains a figure studyen-
suitewith one on the recto of Cat. 76 .)
2. Oslo, Nasjionalgalleriet B 15252 ; pen and ink,
231 × 207 mm.
History
Jean-Baptiste Wicar; Samuel Woodburn; Sir Thomas
Lawrence (L. 2445 ); Samuel Woodburn.
References
Woodburn, 184 2,no. 76 (“Study architectural with
female head.”). Woodburn,184 6,no. 10 (As 184 2.).
Robinson,187 0,no. 54 (Michel Angelo; probably con-
temporary with work on the Medici Tombs.). Black,
1875 ,p. 214 ,no. 49 .Gotti, 1875 , II, p. 232. Berenson,
1903 ,I,pp. 255 , 257 ,no. 1717 (Montelupo, perhaps for
a chimney-piece in Castel Sant’Angelo of which Vasari
makes special mention. B a sister to female figure on
Uffizi 1231 E.). Berenson, 1938 ,I,p. 257 ,no. 1717 (As
1903 .)Parker, 1956 ,no. 411 (Montelupo.). Berenson,
1961 ,no. 1717 (As 1903 , 1938 .).
CATALOGUE 80
raffaello da montelupo (c. 1505–1566)
Recto: The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His
Cradle
Ve r so: Various Calculations (on the secondary support)
1953. 138 ;P.II 413
Dimensions: 192 × 225 mm
Watermark: Indecipherable.
Medium
Recto: Black chalk.
Ve r so: Pen and ink.
Condition
Single-sided solid museum mount with small cut-out on
versotoexpose calculations on the secondary support.
There is overall patchy discolouration and a horizontal
stain across the centre of the sheet.
Numbering
In an old hand, in chalk, at lower right:No 2.
Discussion
Raffaello shows the infant Hercules in his cradle, stran-
gling the two serpents sent by Juno to kill him. His nurse
lies sleeping immediately to the right of the cradle, and a
startled female servant witnesses the scene from the right
edge.
The compiler can see no immediate relation to
Michelangelo, but that the subject was current in his cir-
cle in this period is indicated by a drawing in the Louvre,
which seems to be a work of c.153 0sbyAntonio Mini
(Inv. 35296 /J 53 ;red chalk, 285 × 172 mm). The subject
was also treated in an engraving dated 1533 byAgostino
Veneziano (seeThe Illustrated Bartsch,vol. 26 ,no. 315 ).
This drawing may well have been made to prepare a
composition inrilievo schiaciato.There is some influence
from Rosso in the angularity of the forms and the flat-
tened planes, and the handling of chalk is loosely remi-
niscent of some of Bandinelli’s drawings.
The provenance post-Daulby is that given by Parker.
The compiler has been unable to trace a Vernon sale in
1799.
History
Giorgio Vasari (traces of his mount); Jonathan Richardson
Senior (L. 2184 ; his mount with his inscription, Pellegrino