The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 107–108 MISCELLANEOUS 37 9

Passerotti must have had access to Bandinelli’s original,

and also by some unremarked details in his drawing of

The Marriage Feast at Cana(Paris, Louvre, Inv. 5074 ; pen

and ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk,

34 8 × 478 mm; Faietti and Cordellier, 2001 ,no. 57 ),

which contains derivations from three separate drawings

byBandinelli:

1. The male figure seen from the rear at the far left is

taken from Bandinelli’s study for a young man in theBirth

of the Virginat Dusseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, Samm- ̈

lung der Kunstakademie (KA (FP) 17 ;red chalk,38 9×

238 mm/Ward, 1988 , fig. 11 ).

2. The nude man pouring wine in the left fore-

ground is based on Bandinelli’s drawing in London, the

British Museum ( 1946 - 7 - 13 - 268 recto; red chalk, 404 ×

277 mm/Ward, 1988 ,no. 35 ).

3. The standing serving woman just to the right of the

table is based on Bandinelli’s drawing in London, the

British Museum ( 1885 - 5 - 9 - 35 recto; red chalk, 328 ×

195 mm/Ward, 1988 ,no. 17 ).

A systematic search would no doubt reveal further rela-

tions of this kind between the drawings of Bandinelli and

those of Passerotti.

History

Purchased 1944 , Hope Collection.

References

Parker, 1956 ,no. 90 (Style of Bandinelli; copy of Louvre

Inv. 2715 /J R 27 /Corpus 118 , often thought to be a

self-portrait.). Joannides, 2003 a,pp. 398 – 400 (Discussion

of Louvre Inv. 2715 /R 27 ,byBandinelli; attribution of

present drawing to Passerotti.).

CATALOGUE 108

unidentified florentine artist

A Standing Nude Man

184 6. 117 ;R. 85 ;P.II37 1

Dimensions:31 2× 153 mm, irregular.

Medium

Red chalk.

Condition

The sheet is probably lined. Several major edge losses

have been infilled to make a complete sheet, especially

to the right of the figure’s head and at the lower left.

There are major edge tear repairs, abraded patches, local

staining, and uneven discolouration. The primary support

is drummed by its four edges to the backboard, so the

versoisnot visible.

Numbering

The trace of a number? in pen and ink at the lower right

edge.