School of Raphael

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School of Raphael
1483-1520
Entombment of Christ
Pen and brown ink on paper.
6 1/8 x 7 5/16 inches (156 x 185 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 13
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italian School, Florentine, 16th cent.

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Inscribed on verso at lower right, in graphite, "y"; on mount, at center, just beneath drawing, in pen and gold ink, "Raphael".

Provenance: 
Robert Udny (1722-1802; Lugt 2248); his sale, London, 1804, attributed to Raphael; 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.
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Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Udny, Robert, 1722-1802, 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, 13, repr.

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