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Kneeling Woman Pointing to the Right after Raphael

Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor (partially oxidized), over black chalk on laid paper. Adhered overall to laminated paper decorative mount, 18 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (464 x 314 mm).

13 1/2 x 8 inches (345 x 201 mm)

Purchased as a gift of Elizabeth M. Riley.

1969.14

Notes:

Watermark: probably crossbow in circle (Briquet 749, Lucca 1548) visible through lining.

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Rafael dÚrbino"; on verso of mount, at upper center, with Richardson's pressmarks, "K. 48 / Zh. 42 / 38 / 43 / c. 149 / cc. 35"; at upper left, in graphite, "7(?)10.- / Dr. Wellesley's Sale"; at center, in graphite, "£. 1046. 2."

Provenance:

Jonathan Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2184), his sale 1747; Richard Cosway (Lugt 628); sale, London, Stanley, 14-22 Feb. 1822; Dr. Henry Wellesley; B.C. Norton.

Associated names:

Raphael, 1483-1520, Copy after.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, former owner.
Wellesley, Henry, 1791-1866, former owner.
Norton, B. C., former owner.
Riley, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Mildred), 1907-2002, donor.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 119-120.

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