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The Virgin teaching the Christ Child to read (recto); Studies of nudes and a head (verso)
Details
Italian School, 17th Century
The Virgin teaching the Christ Child to read (recto); Studies of nudes and a head (verso)
pen and brown ink and red wash (recto); pen and brown ink and red chalk (verso)
7 1/8 x 5½ in. (18 x 14 cm.)
The Virgin teaching the Christ Child to read (recto); Studies of nudes and a head (verso)
pen and brown ink and red wash (recto); pen and brown ink and red chalk (verso)
7 1/8 x 5½ in. (18 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784), London (L. 2793).
Richard Cosway (1740-1821), London (L. 628).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445).
Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857; L. 2710b), 1836, and by descent to the
Duke of Sutherland; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, lot 89 (as Circle of Giovanni Andrea Sirani).
Richard Cosway (1740-1821), London (L. 628).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445).
Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857; L. 2710b), 1836, and by descent to the
Duke of Sutherland; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, lot 89 (as Circle of Giovanni Andrea Sirani).
Literature
C.M. Metz, Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings, London, 1789 (as Annibale Carracci).
Catalogue of the Ellesmere Collection of Drawings at Bridgewater House, London, 1898, no. 66 (as Agostino Carracci).
P.A. Tomory, The Ellesmere Collection of Old Master Drawings, Leicester, 1954, no. 28 (as Agostino Carracci).
Catalogue of the Ellesmere Collection of Drawings at Bridgewater House, London, 1898, no. 66 (as Agostino Carracci).
P.A. Tomory, The Ellesmere Collection of Old Master Drawings, Leicester, 1954, no. 28 (as Agostino Carracci).
Exhibited
London, Woodburn Gallery, One Hundred Original Drawings by Lodovico, Agostino, & Annibale Carracci, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence..., 1836, no. 38 (as Agostino Carracci).
Newcastle upon Tyne, The Hatton Gallery, The Carracci Drawings and Paintings, 1961, no. 50 (as Agostino Carracci).
Newcastle upon Tyne, The Hatton Gallery, The Carracci Drawings and Paintings, 1961, no. 50 (as Agostino Carracci).
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