Standing Male Nude (recto); Figure of Dante Seated (verso)
Framed: 26 × 20 × 1 1/4 inches (66.04 × 50.8 × 3.18 cm)
Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts, Pictures, Statues and Medals-Arranged in Celebration pf the Sexcentenary of the Death of Dante, University College, London, 1921, no. 195.
Loan Exhibition of Old Master Drawings from Midwestern Museums, Detroit Institute of Arts, June 1-September 15, 1950, no. 1, as Study of a Man.
Dante in Art, University Art Museum, Eugene, OR, 1965, no. 8.
Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 8, as Male Figure (recto).
Italian Drawings Selected from Midwestern Collections, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, February 24-April 16, 1972, no. 7, as A Portrait of Dante. Sketch of a Lion (recto).
Master Drawings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO, September 22-December 3, 1989, unnumbered.
Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 17-March 25, 1990, unnumbered, as Standing Male Nude.
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London, by 1680 [1];
Richard Houlditch (d. 1736), London, by 1736 [2];
John Richardson, Sr., (1665-1745), London, by 1745;
John Rushout, 2 nd Baron Northwick (1770-1859), Northwick Park and Cheltenham, United Kingdom, by 1859;
By descent to his nephew, George Rushout, 3 rd Baron Northwick (1811-1877), Northwick Park, United Kingdom, by 1859-November 11, 1877;
By descent to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Bateman, Lady Northwick (1832-1912, née Bateman-Hanbury), Northwick Park, United Kingdom, by 1877-May 29, 1912;
By descent to her grandson, Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park, United Kingdom, by 1912-November 1, 1920;
A Portion of the Famous and Important Collection of Drawings by Old Masters: The Property of the Late John, Lord Northwick; Including Many Choice Examples by Well-Known Masters of the Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, and British Schools sale, Sotheby’s, November 1, 1920, lot 2, as Dante seated (on the reverse a young man standing) ;
With P. D. Colnaghi and Co., London [3];
Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London, by 1932;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, The Famous Collection of Old Master Drawings formed by the Late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A. , Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, July 10, 1936, lot 18, by the dealer Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951), London, stock no. 396, July 10-December 29, 1936 [4];
Purchased from Douglas by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1936.
NOTES:
[1] Sir Peter Lely is listed in the provenance of this drawing as described in the November 1, 1920 Sotheby’s auction catalogue.
[2] Richard Houlditch is listed in the provenance of this drawing as described in the November 1, 1920 Sotheby’s auction catalogue.
[3] According to a handwritten notation in a copy of the November 1, 1920 Sotheby's catalogue located at J. Paul Getty Library, Santa Monica, CA.
[4] Robert Langton Douglas stockbook, “Private Stockbook as at November 5, 1929 and Continued,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, European Paintings Department records, p. 141-42.
Catalogue of a Portion of the Famous and Important Collection of Drawings by Old Masters: The Property of the Late John, Lord Northwick, Including Many Choice Examples by Well-Known Masters of the Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, and British Schools (London: Sotheby’s, November 1, 1920), unpaginated, as Dante seated (on the reverse a young man standing).
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts, Pictures, Statues and Medals-Arranged in Celebration pf the Sexcentenary of the Death of Dante, exh. cat. (London: University College, 1921), 9.
Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Old Master Drawings formed by the Late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A. (London: Christie, Manson, and Woods, July 10, 13-14, 1936), as Double-Sided Sheet of Studies.
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 3rd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1949), 125, (repro.), as Study of A Man (recto).
Loan Exhibition of Old Master Drawings from Midwestern Museums, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1950), unpaginated, as Study of a Man.
Dante in Art, exh. cat. (Eugene, OR: University Art Museum, 1965), 16, 19, (repro.).
“Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) 4, no. 6 (1965): 14, as Male Figure (recto).
Italian Drawings Selected from Mid-Western Collections, exh. cat. (St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Art Museum, 1972), unpaginated, (repro.), as A Portrait of Dante. Sketch of a Lion (recto).
Roger Ward and Mark Weil, Master Drawings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, exh. cat. (St. Louis, MO: Washington University Gallery of Art, 1989), 6-7, 9, 15, (repro.), as Standing Male Nude (recto).
