DrawingsItalian16th century

The Virgin Annunciate

16th century

Artists

Giorgio GandiniArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, drum mounted to modern cream wove decorative mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 17.1 x 12.7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 in.)

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, sold to Pamela Gordon, 1982. Sale, March 25, 1982, lot 6, repr.. (as Bernardino Gatti). Pamela Gordon, New York, NY, Acquired from Sotheby's, London, 1982, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 1985. Sotheby's sale, March 25, 1982. Exhibited the work at Bob P. Haboldt, New York

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