Domenichino

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Domenichino
1581-1641
Head of a Sibyl. Verso: Drapery Study
Red chalk on paper.
10 7/16 x 10 7/8 inches (265 x 276 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 165

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Inscribed at lower left corner, in pen and brown ink, "Domenichino".

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Robert Udny, London (Lugt 2248); George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (Lugt 2600); 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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Udny, Robert, 1722-1802, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 165, repr.

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