Attributed to Domenico Ghirlandaio
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Attributed to Domenico Ghirlandaio
1449-1494
Christ Presented in the Temple. Verso: architectural study
ca. 1485
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso; pen and brown ink.
5 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (143 x 139 mm)
Purchased on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund.
2001.16
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The drawing may be an early, rejected design by Ghirlandaio for a fresco in the Tornabuoni Chapel in S. Maria Novella, Florence, which illustrates the Life of the Virgin and the Life of St. John the Baptist.
Provenance:
Elmar W. Seibel, Boston; Thomas Williams Fine Art, Ltd., London
Associated names:
Seibel, Elmar W., former owner.
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