FJK 124

Tura Cosmè (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura), Attributed to (Italian, Ferrara ca. 1433–1495 Ferrara)

Christ at the Column

ca. 1460, according to Ruhmer
8 57/64 × 7 13/32 in. (226 × 188 mm)

Medium
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk heightened with white chalk, brush and brown ink wash with traces of red chalk

Collector’s mark “D.H.H.F.” onto secondary paper support (unlisted in Lugt)

Origin

D.H.H.F. Collection
Anonymous sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, October 31 – November 2, 1929, no. 101, ill. (under school of Padova, 15th century, circle of Mantegna)
Mr. and Mrs. David Felix Collection, Philadelphia
Sale, Christie’s, New York, January 12, 1988, no. 64 (under Bernadino Parentino)
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 4427
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

FIOCCO G., “Un affresco di Bernardo Parenzano,” in Bolletino d'Arte, III, 3, 25, 1931-32, p. 436 (under Parentino).

BYAM SHAW J., “A Lost Portrait of Mantegna and a Group of Paduan Drawings,” in Old Master Drawings, IX, 1934-35, p. 3 (under Parentino).

LONGHI Roberto, “Ampliamenti nell' officina Ferrarese,” in Supplemento all’anno IV La Critica d’Arte, Florence, 1940, p. 5, ill. (under Tura, ca. 1470).

SALMI, M., Cosmè Tura, Milan, 1957, p. 55 (circle of Carlo Crivelli?).

RUHMER Eberhard, Tura, Paintings and Drawings, Complete edition, London, Phaidon Press, 1958, pp. 169f, no. 5, ill. (under Tura, ca. 1460).

MOLAJOLI Rosemarie,Cosme Tura e i grandi pittori ferraresi del suo tempo, Milan, Rizzoli Editore, 1974, p. 91, no. 59, ill. (under Tura).

LONGHI Roberto, L'atelier de Ferrare, Brionne:Gerard Monfort Press, 1991, pp. 131-132.

Exhibitions

Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, p. 24, no. 6, color ill. p. 25.

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, p. 26, no. 7, color ill. p. 27.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 38, no. 5, color ill. p. 39.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, p. 30, no. 4, color ill. p. 31.

Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, p. 24, no. 4, color ill. p. 25.