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Italian School
16th century
Group Before a Church (Woman Entering a Convent?)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; perspectival lines in lower section in black and red chalk.
12 1/16 x 10 1/2 inches (305 x 203 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 171a
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Formerly attributed to Federico Zuccaro, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/2-1609 Ancona.
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Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Fed. Zuccaro"; on verso, at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "V +"; at upper center, in red chalk, "903."; beneath this, in pen and brown ink, "eo"; at lower right, in red chalk, "Cabaro (?) 12"; at center, in graphite, "To be packed (?) [....] / on [...]".
Watermark: Pilgrim inside circle, centered on chain line.
Provenance:
William Mayor, London (1826-1892; Lugt 2799); 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.
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Associated names:
Moroni, Giulio, 1550/60-1609?, Possible attribution.
Zuccaro, Federico, approximately 1540-1609, Formerly attributed to.
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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