Arabesque Ornament Design

Cesare da Sesto (Italian, 1477–1523)

Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, partially indented

DimensionsHeight x width: 26.4 x 11.8 cm (10 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit LineJoseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession number2009.4238

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InscriptionsGraphite on mount below: "Certainly Raffaello / Raffaelle"; pen and brown ink verso of mount "L."; graphite "N2 / 50 / Coll Richardson / Coll [Skene of Skene?] / [...] the Duke of Fife / Sold 1899 / J C Robinson / Raffaelle / 67 / Cesare da Sesto / cf. Pierpont Morgan Library / A23761 AR."

Provenance[Skene of Skene, Duke of Fife, "sold 1899"--per note on verso of mount] John Charles Richardson (1824-1913, Lugt 1433); Robert Ludwig Mond (1867-1938, Lugt 2813a); Joseph F. McCrindle; to Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)