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Attributed to Giovanni Contarini
1549-1604 or 1605
Adoration of the Shepherds
ca. 1595
Pen and brown ink on paper.
12 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (309 x 209 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 75b
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Basano"; at upper left in graphite, "822".
Provenance:
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London, (Lugt 2364); 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:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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