Attributed to Bernardino Lanino

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ca. 1512-1583

Holy Family with Infant St. John the Baptist and Saint Anne?

Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, andwhite opaque watercolor, over possible black chalk, on paper.

11 x 10 7/8 inches (281 x 276 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

I, 45

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Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso of fragment of old lining, removed and now in departmental files, in pen and brown ink, "del Lanino / Pittore Vercellese".

Provenance:

Charles Fairfax Murray, London; from whom purchased in London in 1910 by J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).

Associated names:

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, 45.

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