FJK 097
Pollaiuolo Antonio and Piero (Workshop of) (Italian, Florence ca. 1432–1498 Rome)
Standing Male Nude with a Sword Seen from Behind
Date unknown
8 57/64 × 5 5/32 in. (226 × 131 mm)
Medium
Pen and brown ink on paper
Watermark: an eagle
Origin
Probably Prince Wladimir Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (1875-1941), Paris (Lugt 2602d), according to an inscription on card-board support
Charles Albert de Burlet Collection, Basel (1882-1956)
Private Collection (acquired in 1950)
Sale, Christie’s, London, July 5, 2005, no. 15
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 6560
Jan Krugier Foundation
Notes
A figure in an identical pose appears in a drawing attributed to Antonio Pollaiuolo formerly in the collection of Benno Geiger; Sotheby’s, London, 7-10 December 1920, lot 242.
Christie’s, Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, London July 2005
Request for information/loan
The Jan Krugier Foundation is devoted to increasing the impact of the collection of drawings through regular loans to major exhibitions. Loan applications should include a complete presentation of the project.