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Virgin and Child Above, Adored by Four Male Saints

Moretto da Brescia
1498?-1554

Virgin and Child Above, Adored by Four Male Saints

16 7/16 x 10 15/16 inches (418 x 278 mm)
Black and white chalk, on blue paper.
1988.1

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Design for the altarpiece of "Virgin and Child Adored by SS. Faustino, Martino, and Giovita" in the parish church of Sarezzo, ca. 1550.
Acquired as Moretto da Brescia.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at upper left in black chalk and gone over in pen and brown ink, "Moreto da Brescia".
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department