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Italian School
16th century
Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and a Kneeling Donor
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen trials in pen and brown ink.
8 x 10 13/16 inches (202 x 274 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 71
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Watermark: none.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "original di Baldasar / da Siena (?);" on verso, visible through lining, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "Sienna;" beneath this, in pen and brown ink, "6.3.;" at lower center, in black chalk, "Baldasar Peruzzi."
Provenance:
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London (Lugt 2092); Richard Cosway (1740-1821), London (Lugt 629); 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.
Associated names:
Pennacchi, Girolamo, 1497-1544, Formerly attributed to.
Girolamo, da Treviso, 1498-1544, Formerly attributed to.
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, 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, IV, 71. (as Venetian School)
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