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Italian School
16th cent
Adoration of the Shepherds
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with opaque white, over black chalk and stylus, on paper.
17 5/16 x 13 5/8 inches (439 x 344 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 24
Notes:
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Giuseppe Porta, called Salviati, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana ca. 1520-ca. 1575 Venice.
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:
Porta, Giuseppe, approximately 1520-approximately 1576, Formerly attributed to.
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, 24, repr.
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