A Bull (after an Antique Relief?)
Artist
Giulio Romano
(Italian, 1499 - 1546)
Date1499-1546?
CultureItalian
MediumPen and brown ink with brush and brown wash
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1959
Object numberSN708
In black ink on the lower right hand corner of this sheet is a stamp reading JR. Identified by Lugt in his 1921 publication, this mark indicates that the drawing was once part of the collection of John Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745).
Born in London and trained under the portraitist John Riley, John Richardson was one of the most successful English portrait-painters of his day. Richardson's reputation for portraits, however, was rivaled only by his valuable collection of drawings. According to biographers, the sale of his collection after his death took eighteen days and garnered over 2,000 Pounds. Many of the works were purchased by Richardson's son-in-law, Thomas Hudson, and then later passed to the famed Grand Manner painters, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Thomas Lawrence. The remainder of Richardson's collection was sold in 1771, after the death of his son, John Richardson, Jr.
Gaps in provenance unfortunately do not indicate at which sale the Ringling sheet was sold. A second mark in blue ink on the verso that reads MK, indicates that it was later acquired by Mathias Komor (1909-1984), a prominent New York art dealer and collector.
On View
Not on viewImage: 7 x 9 1/8 in. (17.8 x 23 cm.)
Joachim Antonisz Wtewael
16th Century
18th century
