Attributed to Enea Salmeggia
approximately 1565-1626
Baptism of Christ within an Architectural Frame
10 13/16 x 7 5/16 inches (276 x 186 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk or metalpoint, on blue paper.
1976.13
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Samuel P. Reed and Audrey Sheldon.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at lower right, in graphite, "Gvasarie".
Associated names
Selz, Jean-Pierre, former owner.
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Sheldon, Audrey, Mrs., donor.
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Sheldon, Audrey, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 247.
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Century Drawings
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