Former Attribution:Formerly attributed to Francesco Solimena (Italian, Canale di Serino 1657–1747 Barra)
Date:mid-17th century
Medium:Black chalk, heightened with white
Dimensions:11 9/16 x 14 7/8 in. (29.3 x 37.8 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1970
Object Number:1970.242.1
Marking: Collector's mark of Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris, stamped in black at lower right corner (Lugt 2097)
Pierre Jean Mariette (French)Lugt 2097, drawing not identifiable in catalogue of 1775-1776 Mariette sale; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Seventeenth Century French Drawings and Prints from the Museum's Collections," May 18–August 22, 1982.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Seventeenth Century French Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum," February 2–April 25, 1996.
Bean and Turcic 1986.102
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 17th century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 359, fig. no. 359, p. 272, ill.
Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée "New Light on Michel Dorigny." in Master Drawings. vol. 19, no. 4, 1981, fig. no. pl. 38, pp. 453-455, ill.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 102, p. 99, ill.
Hilliard T. Goldfarb From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century. Exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, December 13, 1989-January 28, 1990, cat. no. 98, pp. 193-194, ill.
Carter E. Foster, Sylvain Bellenger, Patrick Shaw Cable French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. Exh. cat. 2001, cat. no. under no.1, fig. no. 1, p. 12, ill.
Pierre Rosenberg, Louis-Antoine Prat, Bruno Ferté Passion for Drawing: Poussin to Cézanne, Works from the Prat Collection. Exh. cat. Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia, 2004, cat. no. under no. 13, fig. no. 1, p. 84, ill.
Kristel Smentek "The Collector's Cut: Why Pierre-Jean Mariette Tore up His Drawings and Put Them Back Together Again." Master Drawings. vol. 46, no. 1, New York, Spring 2008, fig. no. 9, pp. 47-48, 59, ill.
Les dessins de la collection Mariette: Ecole française. vol. I: A - E, Milan, 2011, cat. no. F1687, 545, ill.
Le Dessin français au XVIIe siècle. Somogy. Paris, 2013, fig. no. 618, 260, ill.
Kristel Smentek Mariette and the Science of the Connoisseur in Eighteenth-Century Europe. London, 2014, 166.
Michel Dorigny, 1616-1665 Cahier du Dessin Français No. 21. Paris, 2019, cat. no. 49, 30, ill.
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