Francesco Morandini, called Il Poppi
Five Studies of the Head of Giuliano de’ Medici, after Michelangelo
Artist
Francesco Morandini, called Il PoppiItalian (Florentine), 1544–1597
CultureItalian
Titles
- Five Studies of the Head of Giuliano de’ Medici, after Michelangelo
Datec. 1571-1572
MediumBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2018.34
Not on view
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(1) Originally from Saint-Etienne and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the architect Henri Paradis was the architect of the Saint-Pierre church in Saint-Etienne. With his wife, he began collecting around 1967 and amassed several hundred drawings, paintings, and sculpture. He believed that it was their mission preserve the knowledge of the great masters of art. Drawings from their collection include examples from the French and Italian schools with a lesser extent from the Northern Schools of the 17th-19th centuries. They had many drawings after Roman paintings and monuments with some coming from the portfolios of art historians such as Gustave Soulier and Hugeus Imbert, while others were acquired in France or on trips to Italy and Switzerland. On the front of almost every sheet appears their collector’s mark consisting of their initials and a heart, accompanied by a number in pen and brown ink. The Collector’s mark is on the lower right corner of the sheet along with an old inventory number and another number (crossed-out) is in the top left corner (See Figs. 15, 16, 17)
Exhibition HistoryNone noted
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 178
Recto: Inscribed in blue ink and crossed out with black ink, top left corner: 33
Recto: Inscribed in blue ink and crossed out with black ink, top left corner: 33
No visible watermark
Recto: Collector’s stamp in black ink, bottom right corner: SHP (Henri and Suzanne Paradis)
Recto: Collector’s stamp in black ink, bottom right corner: SHP (Henri and Suzanne Paradis)
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