Giovanni Lanfranco
1582-1647
St. Sylvester and the Dragon
13 13/16 x 10 inches (351 x 253 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
IV, 159
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Annibale Carracci.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, "4 //...caracci...[illegible]"; on recto of mount, in pen and brown ink, "b.1560.d.1609.Bologna. // Annibale Carracci".
Associated names
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1786-1859, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1786-1859, 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, 159, repr. (as Annibale Carracci)
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