Study of the Mona Lisa

Artist Leonardo da Vinci (Possibly by) Italian, 1452 - 1519

Dateca. 1503

Place of OriginVinci, Floretine province, Italy

MediumCharcoal and graphite on laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 24 7/8 x 20 1/8 in. (63.2 x 51.1 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 31 9/16 x 26 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (80.2 x 68.3 x 5.7 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineThe Hyde Collection Trust, 1952

Object number1971.71

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SignedNone

MarkingsCollector's mark at lower right in blue ink. The mark has been attributed to Giuseppe Vallardi. (Information found in 1983 WACC examination). Labels on verso of original backing: "Chenue, Exhibition Agent and Packer, 10 Great St. Andrew Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci, Pallazo dell'Arte Al (?)anco - Milano 1939. Name: Captain R. Langton Douglas, Bryaneton Square S.W.1. Title: "Drawing of Mona Lisa". Written in blue pencil: (42)" "Fogg Art Museum/LOAN/5425" [probably for conservation &/or analysis, not exhibition] "Mostra Di /Leonardo Da Vinci/Palazzo Dell'arte/Milano/Maggio-Ottobre 1939-XVII/No. 42/Capt. Douglas/Londre" "Virginia Museum of Fine Art/L52-?/Mona Lisa/Mrs. Hyde" In black crayon?: "49314/BX-5"

Exhibition History"Masterpieces & Mysteries", Whitney-Renz Gallery, May 1 - October 31, 2021.

"Leonardo da Vinci and his Idea of Beauty," Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Nov. 3 - Dec. 25, 2011; Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5 - March 4, 2012; Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, March 31 - June 10, 2012.

"Decoding The Hyde Collection's Mona Lisa," The Hyde Collection, Birdsall Gallery, May 19-Aug. 23, 2006.

"Oh! Mona", Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, NY, April 6 to June 2, 2002.

"Is She or Isn't She: The History of the Hyde Mona Lisa," The Hyde Collection, Birdsall Gallery, June 15-Sept. 14, 2001.

"Preserving the Legacy," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Mar. 31- May, 19, 1996.

"Altered States: Conservation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Works of Art", Organized by Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, April 2- Nov. 27, 1994.

"Meet the Master", Art Works on Loan (AWOL) program, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, Dec. 1 - 31, 1988.

San Francisco City Hall, Rotunda Gallery, Apr. 15, 1973.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, Nov. 30, 1951- Jan. 6, 1952.

"Leonardo da Vinci Loan Exhibition", Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 3- July 17, 1949.

"Mostra di Leonardo da Vinci", Palazzo Dell'Arte, Milan, Italy, May-October 1939.

ProvenanceMilan (?), Italy, Francesco Melzi
Milan (?), Italy, Orazio Melzi
Milan, Italy, Pompeo Leoni (?)
Milan (?), Italy, Marchese Calderari-Pino
Milan (?), Italy, Giuseppe Vallardi
Paris, France (auction)
until 1939, Collection of Baron J. Vitta
Collection of R. Langton-Douglas
1951, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1952, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust