The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 100–101 COPIES AFTER PAINTINGS 36 7

CATALOGUE 100

One of the Saved

184 6. 112 ;R. 63 ;P.II36 7

Dimensions: 335 × 145 mm

Watermark: Anchor in circle.

Medium

Black chalk; various old stains including, perhaps, some

areas of oxidised white lead; a framing line in pen and

ink.

Condition

The sheet is undulating severely. There is horizontal creas-

ing, as well as some tears with ingrained dirt, small holes,

and extensive toned abrasions with uneven and blacken-

ing over-drawing. The primary support is drummed by

its four edges to the backboard, so the verso is not visible.

Discussion

An early copy of this much-copied figure, probably no

later than155 0. The quality seems reasonable, and an

attribution to a draughtsman in the circle of Bronzino –

but not Alessandro Allori – might be considered. Mar-

cello Venusti, famed as a copyist of theLast Judgementbut

bywhom very few drawings have been identified, is also

a possibility.

History

Lamberto Gori?; William Young Ottley (his sale, 1814 ,

lot15 9 0, “One, a back figure, naked, a study for one of

the devils in the Last Judgement – black chalk – very

fine. From L. Gori’s Collection”?. £ 5. 10. 0 ); Sir Thomas

Lawrence (L. 2445 ); Samuel Woodburn.

References

Ottley sale, 6 June 1814 , lot15 9 0(“One, a back figure,

naked, a study for one of the devils in the Last Judgement –

black chalk – very fine. From L. Gori’s Collection”?).

Woodburn,184 2,no. 1 (“[A]n admirable study; highly

finished in black chalk, and touched with surpris-

ing truth as to anatomical knowledge.”). Woodburn,

184 6,no. 46 (As184 2.). Fisher, 1852 ,p. 4 , pl. 15 (As

Woodburn,184 2.). Fisher, 1865 ,I,p. 17 , pl. 15 (As 1852 .).

Robinson,187 0,no. 63 (“[C]opy by a good hand.”).

Fisher,187 2,I,p. 15 , pl. 15 (As 1852 .). Fisher,187 9,

XLI/ 43 (“This copy was apparently made when the fig-

ures were still represented nude.”). Steinmann, 1905 , II,

p. 608 (Copy.). Thode, 1913 ,p. 210 (Copy.). Parker, 1956 ,

no.36 7(Old copy, made before drapery was added.).

CATALOGUE 101

alessandro allori( 1535 – 1607 )?

ASkeletal Head

184 6. 113 ;R. 60 ( 4 ); P.II36 8

Dimensions: 70 × 53 mm

Medium

Black chalk.