Fra Paolino

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Fra Paolino
1488-1547
Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
Black and white chalk, on laid paper.
5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (135 x 97 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 8
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Fra Bartolommeo, Florence 1472-1517 Florence.

Provenance: 
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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Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517, Formerly attributed to.
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, IV, 8, repr.

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