Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Assumption of the Virgin
ca. 1565
19 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (495 x 368 mm); drawing without added strips: 18 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches (480 x 351 mm)
Brush and gray ink, with white opaque watercolor, on yellow washed paper; extended on all four sides with narrow strips of paper.
IV, 78
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and dark brown ink, "Rymsdyk's (cancelled) Museum".
Associated names
Lanier, Nicholas, 1588-1666, former owner.
Sylvester, Peter, -1718, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, 1719-1790, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Sylvester, Peter, -1718, former owner.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, 1719-1790, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, 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, IV, 78, repr.
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Century Drawings
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