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Italian School
15th century
Saint Helena Between Saints Lawrence and Dominic
Brush and brown ink, opaque lead white (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on laid paper.
14 x 8 1/4 inches (354 x 210 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 53
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Pier Francesco Bissolo, Treviso? ca. 1470/75-1554 Venice.
Provenance:
John Barnard (no mark; see Lugt 1419-1420); unknown collector (Lugt 2925); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Bissolo, Pier Francesco, d. 1554, Formerly attributed to.
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 53, repr.
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