Flemish School, 17th Century

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, after Sansovino

Details

Flemish School, 17th Century
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, after Sansovino
black chalk, brown and grey wash
9 5/8 x 6¾ in. (244 x 171 mm.); and Flemish School, 17th Century, each by a different hand; A king and an attendant in adoration of a Holy relic; A group of angels flying through the sky, two holding laurel wreaths; The Trinity; The Assumption of the Virgin (5)

Provenance

J. Richardson, Jr. (L. 2170).
R. Cosway (L. 628).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445).
Acquired in Stockholm, 1968 (1).

Exhibited

Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Binghamton, and elsewhere, Drawings from the Held Collection, 1970, no. 51 (as 'Unknown Master, Flemish School, 17th Century) (1).

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Lot Essay

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is after Andrea Sansovino's 1512 sculpture in S. Agostino, Rome. At one point considered to be a work by Rubens, the drawing has an illustrious provenance, having been in the collections of John Richardson, Jr. and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
The Assumption of the Virgin is after Rubens' altarpiece of the same subject for the Antwerp Cathedral.

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