Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and a riband over its horns, as in the arms of Bufalo della Valle
Drawing
16th century (drawn)
16th century (drawn)
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Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and a riband over its horns. Inscribed in ink in a 16th century hand 'questa testa di bufella si fece in un arme di Stefano del bufelo romano'; numbered in a later hand 'No. 92'.
Object details
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| Title | Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and a riband over its horns, as in the arms of Bufalo della Valle (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and a riband over its horns, as in the arms of Bufalo della Valle, School of Perino del Vaga, pen and ink, 16th century |
| Physical description | Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and a riband over its horns. Inscribed in ink in a 16th century hand 'questa testa di bufella si fece in un arme di Stefano del bufelo romano'; numbered in a later hand 'No. 92'. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in ink in a 16th century hand 'questa testa di bufella si fece in un arme di Stefano del bufelo romano'; numbered in a later hand 'No. 92'. |
| Object history | Bought 1857 |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, cat. 379, p. 176, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
SCHOOL OF PERINO DEL VAGA
379
Head of a buffalo, with a ring in its nose and riband over its horns, as in the arms of Bufalo della Valle
Inscribed in ink in a 16th century hand 'questa testa di bufella si fece in un arme di Stefano del bufelo romano'
Numbered in a later hand 'No. 92'
Pen and ink
9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (239 x 158) 92
PROVENANCE Bought 1857
The traditional attribution to Perino is defensible, though the drawing may come from his school rather than from his own hand. Compare the study of a unicorn's head in the Albertina ascribed to Perino by Pouncey (The Burlington Magazine, 95, 1953, p. 111, illustrated in fig. 93; illustrated also in Albertina catalogue, 6, no. 720, as by Battista Franco).
Stefano del Bufalo employed Polidoro Caldara to decorate the facade of the garden house of the Palazzo Bufalo in Rome with frescoes. He may have been a patron of Perino too. A buffalo's head in a medallion was one of the motifs painted by Polidoro on the garden house. (see E. Maccari, Graffiti e Chiaroscuri esistenti nell'esterno delle cade di Roma, Rome, 1876, pl. 5). The house has since been destroyed. |
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| Accession number | 92 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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