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Attributed to Spagna
approximately 1450-1528
Kneeling Young Man with Hands Folded in Prayer
Black chalk over leadpoint on paper; three horizontal lines and one vertical line ruled with a stylus.
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches (190 x 120 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 16
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to the School of Raphael.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of lining, in graphite, "6 or 286; 5".
Provenance:
Connestabile Collection, Perugia; Sir J. C. Robinson (1824-1913; Lugt 1433); his sale, London, Christie's, 12 May 1902, no. 286; 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:
Raphael, 1483-1520, School of.
Connestabile, former owner.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, 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, I, 16, repr.
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