The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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energy reminiscent of Michelangelo and might reflect

grotesque heads by him. B and C have an energy of

pose and movement that might also reflect lost sketches

bythe master.

History

Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364 on verso); William

Young Ottley; Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445 ); Samuel

Woodburn.

References

Lawrence Inventory, 1830 ,M.A.Buonaroti Case 5 ,

Drawer 2 ,no. 27 [ 1830 - 29 ] (“Jupiter with a Young

Mercury, with various studies on the back with the

pen, very fine.”). Woodburn,184 2,no. 80 (“Jupiter and

Ganymede.”). Robinson,187 0,no. 57 (“A certain anal-

ogy with Raffaelle’s mythological compositions in the

Farnesina will perhaps...be perceived....The writer

desires...to leave open the question of the authen-

ticity of this drawing.”). Black, 1875 ,p. 215 ,no. 52

(Jupiter and Ganymede; “somewhat doubtful.”). Gotti,

1875 , II, p. 236. Springer, 1883 , II, p. 390 (“[H]at nichts

mit Michelangelo zu thun. Durfte eher Perin del Vaga ̈

gehoren.”). Berenson, ̈ 1903 ,I,pp. 255 , 262 ,no. 1720

(Montelupo.). Berenson, 1938 ,I,pp. 257 , 263 ,no. 1720

(As 1903 .). Delacre, 1938 ,pp. 390 – 1 (Recto: surprising

for Montelupo. Verso: implies Michelangelo’s author-

ship.). Parker, 1956 ,no. 407 (“[I]nstance of Montelupo’s

ambidextrousness, the recto being drawn with the right

hand, and the verso with the left.”). Berenson, 1961 ,

no. 1720 (As 1903 / 1938 .). De Tolnay, 1978 , Corpus III,

p. 40 (Attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo.).

CATALOGUE 110

battista franco?(c.151 0– 1561 )

Recto: Recumbent Nude Man

Ve r so: A Group of Three Nude Men

184 6. 33 ;R. 87 ;P.II 237

Dimensions: 270 × 402 mm

Medium

Recto: Pen and ink and brown wash over red and black

chalks.

Ve r so: Pen and ink over black chalk.