Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

St. John Preaching; Virgin above in Clouds

Carlo Maratti
1625-1713

St. John Preaching; Virgin above in Clouds

5 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches (143 x 200 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; trimmed to a rounded arch at top.
IV, 183

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, at lower right, "Cav. Carlo Maratti".
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, 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, 183, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department