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Follower of Titian
approximately 1488-1576
Virgin and Child Seated in a Landscape
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper.
6 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches (169 x 238 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 21a
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Polidoro da Lanciano, Venice? ca. 1515-1565 Venice.
Copy after Polidoro da Lanciano.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of lining, in pen and brown ink, possibly by Charles Fairfax Murray, "The Picture for which this is designed, is in the Imperial Gallery / at Viena, his Drawings are little known, in his Painting he / imitated Titian so closely that many of his Pictures pass / for the works of that Master - C.M."
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray, London; from whom purchased in London in 1910 by J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
Polidoro, da Lanciano, -1565, Formerly attributed to.
Polidoro, da Lanciano, -1565, After.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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