A Pearl Diver, c. 1570

Not on View

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.2 x 21 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David E. Rust

Accession Number

2005.147.1

Artists / Makers

Alessandro Allori (artist) Florentine, 1535 - 1607

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper right verso in brown ink: 49; by later hand, upper center verso in brown ink: Alessandro Allori; by later hand, lower center in brown ink: Jos. Wimar(?) (remainder undeciphered); No. 1041 Michelangelo Buonurotti

Provenance

Samuel, Graf von Festetits, Vienna [1806 - 1862]. Friedrich Jacob Gsell, Vienna [1812 - 1871] (L. 1008), inv. no. 1041, as Michelangelo. Hans M. Calmann [1899-1982] (not in Lugt). David Rust; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Calmann, Hans M.
Festetits, Samuel von, Graf
Gsell, Friedrich Jakob
Rust, David E.

Exhibition History

1976: Old Master Drawings from American Collections, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976, no. 29.

1991: From Studio to Studiolo: Florentine Draftsmanship under the First Medici Grand Dukes, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College; Bowdoin College Museum o fArt; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1991-1992, 52-54, no. 1 (Larry Feinberg).

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 28.

Bibliography

1994: Pilliod, Elizabeth. Review of From Studio to Studiolo. Master Drawings, 32, no. 4, 1994: 391.