Italian School
Kneeling Woman Pointing to the Right after Raphael
13 1/2 x 8 inches (345 x 201 mm)
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).
1969.14
Purchased as a gift of Elizabeth M. Riley.
Notes
Watermark: probably crossbow in circle (Briquet 749, Lucca 1548) visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
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."
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.
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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