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Fra Paolino
1488-1547
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
ca. 1526
14 11/16 x 11 11/16 inches (372 x 301 mm)
Black chalk, with smudging, lead white chalk, on light brown paper; squared in black chalk. Strip of laid paper added on each side.
I, 29
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, under the lining, "Originale vero di mano di Fra Bartolommeo della Porta, detto il Frate di S. Marco di Firenze"; on the verso, over the lining, "71".
Associated names
Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517, Formerly attributed to.
Gabburri, Francesco Maria Niccolò, 1676-1742, former owner.
Skene, George, former owner.
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.
Gabburri, Francesco Maria Niccolò, 1676-1742, former owner.
Skene, George, former owner.
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
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 29 (as Fra Bartolommeo); Berenson 1938, 2: 252, no. 1827b; Montreal 1953, no. 40; Allentown 1960, no. 92; Berenson 1961, 2: 421, no. 1827b; Florence 1991, 27, 33, note 28; Florence 1996, 256, no. 81; Fortunati 2002, 140; New York 2019, 10.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 29, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 29, repr.
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Century Drawings
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