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King David and a Prophet

Attributed to Paolo Farinati
1524-1606

King David and a Prophet

10 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches (265 x 195 mm)
Brush and gray-black ink, with white opaque watercolor, on blue toned paper.
I, 89

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount, at lower center, beneath the drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Paul Veronese"; in graphite, "d; dp(?); 12 1/8(fraction) x 9 3/8(fraction)"; on verso of mount, at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "King David & the Prophet Nathan or Asaph rather"; at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "5:b? e collectione Caroli Jarvis 1741"; in graphite, "P. Verone?; 6; 20" (partially cut by edge of mount).
Associated names
Veronese, 1528-1588, Formerly attributed to.
Yarmouth, Robert Paston, Earl of, 1631-1683, former owner.
Jervas, Charles, approximately 1675-1739, former owner.
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, 89, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department