Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Virgin and Child with Saints
1592
16 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (418 x 284 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue laid paper.
IV, 79b
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed throughout in pen and brown ink with the name of each saint except Jerome, "S. francescho; S. Ludovicho; S. Lanardo (Leonardo); S. Isepo (Giuseppe); S. Diego; S. inofrio (Onofrio)"; on verso of lining, in graphite, "529" (cancelled); "136" (cancelled); "19 / s".
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed throughout in pen and brown ink with the name of each saint except Jerome, "S. francescho; S. Ludovicho; S. Lanardo (Leonardo); S. Isepo (Giuseppe); S. Diego; S. inofrio (Onofrio)"; on verso of lining, in graphite, "529" (cancelled); "136" (cancelled); "19 / s".
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 71.
Selected references: New York 1965-66, 70, no. 118; Puppi 1968, xxxviiin103, and 105-6n1; Venice 1971, 52; Verona 1974, 92; Baldissin Molli 1987, 118n35; Gainesville and elsewhere 1991-93, 41; Verona 2005-6, 152, 194.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 70, no. 118, repr.
Selected references: New York 1965-66, 70, no. 118; Puppi 1968, xxxviiin103, and 105-6n1; Venice 1971, 52; Verona 1974, 92; Baldissin Molli 1987, 118n35; Gainesville and elsewhere 1991-93, 41; Verona 2005-6, 152, 194.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. I: The Italian Renaissance. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965, p. 70, no. 118, repr.
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