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After Federigo Barocci
1528-1612
Virgin and Child
ca. 1561-1563
Colored chalks, on blue laid paper, faded to gray-green.
9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches (250 x 194 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 154
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Watermark: none (fragment of watermark on lining).
A copy after Barocci's fresco of the Holy Family in the Casino of Pius VI in the Vatican; attributed to Vanni.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of lining at upper center, in brush and blue wash, "No. 74".
Provenance:
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:
Vanni, Francesco, 1563-1610, Attributed to.
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:
Hartford 1930, 22, no. 2; Northhampton 1941, no. 11; Cleveland and New Haven, 1978, 33, no. 5.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 154, repr. (Barocci).
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