含羞草研究室

Artist: Marcello Venusti (Attributed to) (Italian, ca. 1512-1579)

Medium: red and black chalk on paper

Dimensions: 10 15/16 in. x 5 1/16 in. (27.8 cm. x 12.9 cm.)

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

Accession Number: 1811.34

• "Andrea del Sarto"
  Type: inscription
  Location: former mount (removed), below
  Materials: pen and ink
• double-handled jug with flowers
  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)

Mather attributed this study to Pontormo, and it is not known who proposed the ascription to Venusti. It would seem to be a study for the figure of the Virgin in a Visitation composition.

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).