Study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman
Drawing
ca. 1550-1585 (made)
ca. 1550-1585 (made)
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Pen and ink drawing depicting a study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman.
Object details
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| Title | Study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | Drawing, Study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman, by Luca Cambiaso, Italian School, pen and ink, ca. 1550-1585 |
| Physical description | Pen and ink drawing depicting a study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the mount in ink 'Luca Cambiaso' |
| Object history | Provenance: Given by Miss Georgiana Lornlin 1880 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume One: 14th - 16th century, London, 1979, cat. 96, p. 51-52, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
CAMBIASO, LUCA (1527-85)
96
Study for a battle piece, with two foot soldiers and a horseman
Inscribed on the mount in ink 'Luca Cambiaso'
Pen and ink
14 3/8 x 9 3/4 (365 x 248) 8638 H
PROVENANCE Given by Miss Georgiana Lornlin 1880
Compare a drawing, similar in theme and handling, in the Munich Graphische Sammlungen (no. 2784; reproduced in A. Griseri, 'Una traccia per il Cambiaso' in Paragone, 7, 1956, no. 75, pp. 16-17, fig. 7b). Griseri attributes the Munich drawing to Cambiaso and connects it with the battle scenes painted by him in the Palazzo Spinola (Prefettura) at Genoa. Licia Ragghianti, on the other hand, ascribes it to Andrea Semino (see her article on the artist's drawings in Critica d'Arte, I, 1954, pp. 133-143, and especially p. 142, footnote no. 8). If the Munich drawing is, in fact, by Semino, then ours is probably by him also. But it is too close to Cambiaso to justify us in upsetting the traditional attribution without stronger evidence. |
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| Accession number | 8638H |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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