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Ottavio Leoni
approximately 1578-1630
Portrait of Settimia Manenti Salernitana
1629
Black, red and white chalk, on blue paper; framing line in black ink.
9 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (238 x 160 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 25i
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Watermark: Eagle in cirle, surmounted by crown. Watermark, transmittedIR, crown, circle, eagle.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "434 / sitinbre"; at center, "1629".
Provenance:
William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799); Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen (according to inscription on verso; see Lugt 2490); 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:
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Verstolk van Soelen, J. G. (Jan Gijsbert), Baron, 1776-1845, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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