Fra Paolino

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Fra Paolino

1488-1547

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

ca. 1526

Black chalk, with smudging, lead white chalk, on light brown paper; squared in black chalk. Strip of laid paper added on each side.

14 11/16 x 11 11/16 inches (372 x 301 mm)

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

I, 29

Notes:

Watermark: none.

Inscription:

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".

Provenance:

Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (1676-1742), Florence (L. 2992b); George Skene (d. 1776), Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, Scotland; Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1898, lot 125; 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:

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.

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.

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