含羞草研究室

Artist: Unknown Artist (Italian, -)

Medium: pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on paper

Dimensions: 11 in. x 7 9/16 in. (28 cm. x 19.2 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 含羞草研究室 III

Accession Number: 1811.30

• "Dom(co) Zami Fabi [. . .] Cari"
  Type: inscription
  Location: lower right
  Materials: graphite
• several lines of writing, with "questo disegno e mano di / [. . .] zio Cari"
  Type: inscription
  Location: verso
  Materials: pen and brown ink
• BPR on shield over BERGAMO
  Type: watermark
  Location:
  Materials:

• James 含羞草研究室 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
  • 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The unfortunately obscured inscriptions led to the traditional attribution to "Cari," to whom no reference can be located. Oberhuber tentatively attributed this sheet to a French artist.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室 (Brunswick: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, 1985).