The Brazen Serpent
c. 1533-39
Artists
Dimensions
20.7 x 32.8 cm (8 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.) mount: 29.1 x 41.2 cm (11 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Richard Cosway, Esq., London (L. 628, lower left), probably sold; [G. Stanley, London, 14 21 February 1822, perhaps either lot 172 (as Heemskerk), lot 347 (as Bandinelli), or lot 572 (as Michelangelo)]. Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (L. 2445, lower left). [1] Possibly Samuel Woodburn, London, sold; [Christie’s, London, 20 June 1854, lot 794 (as Coxie, "The Deluge")]. Sir J. C. Robinson, London (L. 1433, variant, lower left), sold; [Christie's, London, 12 May 1902, lot 95]; to [F. J. Parsons, London.] Frederick N. Price (president of Ferargil Galleries), New York, given; to Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penn., 1933-41 (inv. no. 403), deaccessioned; to [James A. Bergquist, Boston] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982; Curatorial Study Group Fund, Marian H. Phinney Fund, William C. Heilman Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund, 1982.50. 1. The drawing is not known in Lawrence's sales of 1830, 1831, or 1860, nor is it in his inventory housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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