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Italian school
16th century
Seated Virgin and Child with Infant St. John the Baptist. Verso: Four Studies of the Magdalen, and above, Two Figures on Horses
Pen and dark brown ink, brown wash, some red chalk, with opaque lead white and opaque yellow, on pink washed paper; verso: pen and brown ink, black chalk, pink wash, and opaque yellow.
7 1/2 x 4 15/16 inches (190 x 125 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 192a

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Formerly attributed to Francesco Vanni, Siena 1563-1610 Siena.

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Inscribed in pen and brown ink, at lower center, "F. Vanius"; at lower right, "K ein om"; on verso, in black chalk, at upper left, "21(encircled)".

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Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam 1641-1724 (Lugt 1511); 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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Vanni, Francesco, 1563-1610, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Zoomer, Jan Pietersz, 1641-1724, former owner.

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