Currently not on view
Study for Saint James Major,
ca. 1535–39
Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499–1543; born Caravaggio; died Messina
2004-58
Information
Title
Study for Saint James Major
Dates
ca. 1535–39
Medium
Brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk, heightened with lead white, on cream laid paper prepared with brown wash
Dimensions
13.9 × 7.6 cm (5 1/2 × 3 in.)
frame: 54.6 × 41.9 × 3.5 cm (21 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Ethan O. Meers, Class of 2003, and Anne S. Bent Acquisition Fund
Object Number
2004-58
Marks/Labels/Seals
Recto, lower right, in black: Jonathan Richardson Sr. (1665– 1745), stamp (L. 2184);
Recto, lower left, in black: Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), stamp (L. 2432);
Culture
Type
Materials
Jonathan Richardson Sr. (1665– 1745), stamp (L. 2184) and script (L. 2983); Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), stamp (L. 2432); E. Fiorani; private collection; sale, Christie’s, London, December 6, 1988, lot 17 (See reference Bib. 5410); W. M. Brady & Co.; sale, Christie’s, Paris, March 21, 2002, lot 7 (See reference Bib. 5409); C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York; purchased by the Art Museum in 2004.;
- Old master drawings, (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1988).
- Dessins anciens et du 19ème siècle, (Paris: Christie's, 2002).
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2004," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 64 (2005): p. 91-135., p. 96
- Laura Giles, Lia Markey, Claire Van Cleave, et. al., Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2014)., p. xviii, fig. 1
