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APPENDIX 1. DRAWINGS IN WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY’S SALES 403279 i,ii,iii.
i.Perhaps identical with184 2- 2 /R. 21 /P.II 292 (all of
which give the provenance as Wicar and Lawrence, omitting
Ottley)/Cat. 2.
ii.Richardson/Sir J. Reynolds/ 1830 - 143 i/Woodburn’s
seventh exhibition as Andrea Del Sarto, no. 79 /186 0- 827 ,
bought Morant, £ 5. 5 s./The Marquess of Northampton,
Castle Ashby, Northampton; his sale at Christie’s London,
1 May 1959 , lot 6 , the commentary to which concluded
that the drawing was closer to Bandinelli than Sarto/P.&D.
Colnaghi, London/ N. Embiricos, London/Christie’s, New
York, 24 January 2001 , lot 8 ,asSalviati, 2003 with Jean-Luc
Baroni, London; red chalk, 422 × 211 mm.
iii.Probably Richardson/Sir J. Reynolds?/ 1830 - 143 ii/
186 0- 830 ii as Andrea Del Sarto, bought Sir Robert Ker
£ 1. 10 s/By descent to Admiral Sir George King-Hall, 1930 ,
when recorded by A. E. Popham as “Identical with a copy
after the Soldier dressing himself, the same figure copied
byAgostino Veneziano, black chalk,37 2× 218 mm, with
aprovenance from Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas
Lawrence”/By descent to Mrs B. McLeod; sale property of
the late Richard Ker, Sotheby’s, London, 27 October, 1948 ,
lot 67 “Follower of Michelangelo. A Soldier fastening his
belt seen from the back... 143 / 8 × 81 / 2 ,” bought de Belle-
roche, £ 36 /Untraced.III
Sale, London, 6 – 13 July 1807 ,byThomas Philipe ( 815 +
5 lots), 104 pp., 9 July ( 4 th day).michelangelo
Four lots comprising five drawings. One drawing each from
the collection of Sir Peter Lely (lot 374 ), Count Geloso [i.e.,
Genovesino] (lot 375 ) and Charles I (but in fact Nicholas
Lanier). Nothing is listed as coming from the Buonarroti
Collection, but it may be that lot37 6did come from that
source. None of these drawings is certainly identifiable but
plausible identifications may be proposed for lots 374 and
37 6(i) and a possible one for lot37 7.374.Probably 1830 - 31 / 1836 - 10 /184 2- 85 /R. 4 /P. II 452 /Cat.
114 ,nowuniversally accepted as by Bartolommeo Passerotti.
The obstacles to accepting the identity of Cat. 114 and this
lot are the absence of Sir Peter Lely’s mark and the fact that
in 1836 and subsequently, the provenance of Cat. 114 is given
as Buonarroti and Wicar, with no mention of Sir Peter Lely
or Ottley. However, that a drawing by Passerotti should have
come from Casa Buonarroti is unlikely. And because the PL
stamp was usually applied to the bottom corner of a drawing,
it can easily be lost in later trimming. On balance, it is more
likely than not that lot 374 is identical with Cat. 114.- 1814 - 1764 , bought by Dimsdale?/ 1830 -Not identified/
Not exhibited in 1836 /August 1838 purchase of William II of
Holland?/ 1850 - 15 0, bought Brondgeest, 60 guilders/186 0-
118 , bought Enson, £ 8. 18 s. 6 d /Not further identified;
untraced. See186 0- 118 for further details.
376 i,ii.
i.The “fight of cavaliers” may be identical with 1814 -
1681 (the provenance is given as Buonarroti) and, subse-
quently, with 1830 - 112 /184 2- 67 /184 6- 18 /R. 17 /P. II 295 (all
of which give the provenance as Wicar and Lawrence, omit-
ting Ottley)/Cat. 6 .Aless likely possibility is BM W 3 , whose
provenance, from the Lempereur Collection, would proba-
bly not have been confused with one from Casa Buonarroti.
ii.Perhaps identical with 1814 - 827 ,nodoubt a copy. Not
otherwise identified.
377.The compiler is aware of two possible candidates for
this drawing:
1.The page of copies after Michelangelo,184 2- 19 /184 6-
38 /R. 15 /P.II 34 6/Cat. 59 , the only drawing in the
Michelangelo series in the Ashmolean to bear the mark of
Nicholas Lanier, thought in the early nineteenth century
to be that of Charles I. Against this, however, is that the
description does not seem particularly appropriate.
2.The “Battle of Giants” sold at Christie’s, London, 1
July 1986 , lot 40 as by an Associate of Michelangelo, pen
and ink, 432 × 287 mm, from the collections of Sir Joshua
Reynolds (L. 2364 ), John Bowring, W. Russell (L. 2648 ),
sold at Christie’s, London, 11 December 1884 , lot 286 as
“Michelangelo–ABattle of Giants,” 12 s. to Haig. Against
this are the facts that the Lanier stamp is not to be found
on the drawing – although it has been trimmed at the lower
edge – and that Reynolds is not mentioned in the prove-
nance of37 7.
IV
Ottley sale, 6 June 1814 and fifteen following days.buonarrotiorbonarroti
(In this sale, the drawings were divided into six groups, sold
on different days.)Third Day (p. 23)- 1830 - 94 / 1836 - 49 /184 2- 42 /184 6- 12 /R. 80 /P.II 332 (all
of which include Wicar in the provenance but omit Ottley)/
Cat. 56. - 1830 - 66 / 1836 - 1 /184 2- 43 /184 6- 11 /R. 81 /P.II 333 (all
of which include Wicar in the provenance but omit Ott-
ley)/ Cat. 55.
255 i,ii.Unidentified. Perhaps part of 1804 - 266.