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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
1610-1662
Countess Matilda Giving Shelter to Bishop Anselmo
Pen and brown ink and wash, over ruled graphite lines, on paper.
7 3/8 x 6 inches (187 x 152 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 173a
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Formerly attributed to Pietro da Cortona.
On same mat as IV, 173b.
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Inscribed at lower left corner, in graphite, "// olta"; on verso, at top, in pen and brown ink, "Si ricovera(ro) no dalla Contessa Matilda molti sacer(doti) / e vescovi et fra li altri Anselmo Vescovo / che fugirono dalla Citta di Roma da'Arrigo Impe(...) / Autori il Ligorio et il Bondo et altri".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside circle, centered on chain line.
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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Associated names:
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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