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Italian School

Angels and Apostles on Clouds, Seen From Below

ca. 1641

Red chalk on laid paper.

15 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (386 x 226 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

IV, 39

Notes:

After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, Correggio 1489?-1534 Correggio; formerly attributed to Giovanni Battista Vanni (1599-1660).
Copy after a fresco in the cupola of the Parma Duomo.

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Corregio"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, illegible inscription visible through lining (cancelled).
Watermark: none visible through lining.

Provenance:

Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Edinburgh and London (Lugt 1433); 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:

Correggio, 1489?-1534, After.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Vanni, Giovanni Battista, 1599-1660, Formerly attibuted to.
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.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 39 (as Correggio); Toronto 1926, no. 29 (as Correggio); Popham 1957, 73, 188, no. A85 (as after Correggio); Meder 1978, 79, no. 89 (as after Correggio).

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