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Ottavio Leoni
approximately 1578-1630
Portrait of Caterina Moghe di L (of Padua)
Black and white chalk, on blue paper faded to blue-green.
8 5/8 x 6 3/16 inches (219 x 158 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 25g
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Watermark: Kneeling Figure (saint?) inside Shield holding staff. Watermark, transmitted light, Kneeling Figure, Shield, staff.
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Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "69 / Caterina Moghi di L Padovanini".
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.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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