Updated 09 October 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Anonymous
Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) (previously attributed to)
Caravaggio, 1449 - Messina, 1543
Design for an Ewer
| Materials and Techniques | Ink on paper |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 35.0 x 17.4 |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed in pencil on mount lower left: (117) / No. 5; lower centre: P. S. 123; upper right: Roman School |
| Credit Line | Ex-Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1736 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.2017-0088 |
Provenance
Edward J. Poynter, London [collector’s mark lower left: EJP (Lugt 874)]; Poynter sale, Sotheby’s, London, 24 April, 1918, lot 123, as ‘Design for an Ewer’ by Polidoro Caｌdara da Caravaggio; Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; private collection, Japan, unattributed; deposited in NMWA, 19 August 2009–18 March 2013, ref. no. 37; deposited again in NMWA, 25 January 2016, ref. no. 37; purchased by NMWA, 13 July 2017.
Bibliography
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1736, col. repr.
- 2019
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, List of New Acquisitions. p. 26.