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Studies of Leda and the Swan, a Pietà, and a Female Head

Studies of Leda and the Swan, a Pietà, and a Female Head

(1530–1576)
(Italian, 16th century)
about 1570
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, with touches of red chalk, on off-white paper
DimensionsSheet: 29.1 x 20.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Mount (P. J. Mariette): 47 x 37.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number15.1247
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed on mount: JULIANI DANDI/ SCULPTORIS [D]E SAN GIMIGNANO/ Fuit olim G. Vasari, nunc P. J. Mariette. 1741; numbered in pen on mount, l.l.: 403
ProvenanceGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574, Florence and Rome); Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774, Paris, Lugt 1852); his sale, Paris, 1775, from lot 389); Comte Moriz de Fries (1777-1826, Vienna, Lugt 2903); John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929, London, Lugt 1507); purchased by MFA through Mr. Walter Gay [Accession Date: December 2, 1915].