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Study of a Tree

Department of Drawings Seiferheld Gallery New York From Sotheby's (?) Sold to Peter Josten (?) 1961. no. 1 repr. Gallery at 158 East 64th Street NY 21 Paolo del Signoraccio called Fra Paolino da Pistoia Convent of San Marco Florence Probably as part of artist's bequest to Fra Paol Bequest to Suor Plautilla Nelli. Fra Paolino da Pistoia (died 1537) was Fra Bartolommeo's studio assistant and according to Vasari and Lorenzo di Credi his heir Suor Plautilla Nelli Convent of S. Caterina Florence Acquired from Fra Paolina 1547 Remained at Convent of Santa Caterina 1588. Suor Plautilla Nelli was Fra Paolina's pupil. She entered the Convent of Santa Caterina in 1537. Fra Paolina must have given her the drawings before his death in 1547. The work remained at the convent until 1725. Convent of Santa Caterina da Siena Piazza San Marco Florence Bequest from Suor Plautilla Nelli 1588 Sold to Cavaliere Francesco Gabburri 1725. Possibly from the convent. (Buyer: Cavaliere Francesco Maria Nicolò Gabburri) Cavaliere Francesco Maria Nicolò (1676-1742) Gabburri Florence Purchased from Convent of S. Caterina da Siena 1725 Sold by Gabburri's heirs 1742. The landscape drawings were bound into an album c. 1730. The frontispiece of the album bore the coat of arms of Gabburri. The drawings were attributed at that time to Andrea del Sarto. For information on Gabburri see L. 2818 L. Suppl. 2992b. See also the preface to the Sotheby's sale catalogue of 1957 and Chris Fischer in the Rotterdam catalogue of 1990 pp. 12-17. Fischer postulates that the landscape drawings were not part of the 505 Bartolommeo drawings purchased by Gabburri from the Convent of Santa Caterina Florence but instead came from another source as they were not at that time recognized to be by Bartolommeo. This is credible as Lorenzo di Credi's inventory of the drawings given to Fra Paolino da Pistoia lists 830 loose sheets and 12 sketchbooks but misses out 66 of the separate landscape drawings. William Kent London Purchased from the heirs of Gabburri 1742 Sold to private collector in England by 1768. Chris Fischer in the Rotterdam catalogue 1990 p. 15 notes that some of the landscapes were copied by Robert Surtees an amateur artist from Durham in drawings dated 1768 and sold at Christie's in London on March 18 1980 lot no. 6.The provenance identification of William Kent has been the subject of some dispute. Please see the article by John Fleming "Mr. Kent Art Dealer and the Fra Bartolommeo Drawings " "The Connoisseur " vol. CXLI 1958 p. 227. At the time of the 1957 sale it was assumed that the drawings were owned by William Kent the architect. Fleming however noted that was far more likely that the works were obtained by his namesake a dealer who made extensive purchases in Italy for a number of English clients. Private Collector England Probably acquired from William Kent 1768 Unknown 1925. Probably passed through a number of private Eng. collections until 1925 Private Collector Ireland Purchase 1925 Sold at Sotheby's London 1957. Sale November 20 1957 lot no. 40 repr. The private collector was identified as Sir Thomas Phillipps (subsequently his heirs) in "An Exhibition of Old Master Drawings " New York/London (Richard Day) 1988 under no. 8. Sotheby's London Sold as "The Property of a Gentleman" 1957. There is confusion as to who purchased the drawing from Sotheby's. According to the entry for lot no. 8 Christie's Old Master Drawing catalogue of June 24 1980 our drawing "was included in the Gabburri album lot 40 and later owned by Sir Robert Abdy." In Albert Jan Elen's "Italian Late-Medieval and Renaissance Drawing-Books " note 1 p. 283 it is noted that "Lot 40 has been in the Skippe collection and in the Sir Robert Abdy collection (present whereabouts unknown)." Peter W. Josten Purchased from Seiferheld (?) 1961 1962. Stephen Spector Sold to John Minor Wisdom Jr. 1962. Sale July 1962 for $6 100 John Minor Wisdom Jr. New Orleans Purchased from Stephen Spector for $6 100 1962 Bequest to HUAM 1985. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of John Minor Wisdom Jr. in honor of Agnes Mongan

Fra Bartolommeo della Porta (Artist)

15th-16th century

Italian

Title: Study of a Tree

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