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Italian School
16th century
Virgin and Child in Glory with Four Male Saints Below
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, with white opaque watercolor, on brown washed paper.
12 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches (306 x 218 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 71
Notes:
Fairfax Murray published the drawing as by Girolamo Romanino.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "L Varitelli [or L Pasinelli] (?) (cancelled);" to the right of this, in pen and brown ink, "Can [ or Carr. or Cav.]."
Watermark: Crown, centered on chain line.
Provenance:
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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Associated names:
Raphael, 1483-1520, School of, Formerly attributed to.
Romanino, Girolamo, approximately 1485-approximately 1566, Formerly attributed to.
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, I, 71.
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