DrawingsItalian16th century

A Standing Apostle

16th century

Artists

Bartolomeo Ramenghi, the ElderArtist

Girolamo MarchesiPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown wash and gray wash, black chalk and white gouache with touches of red chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall to decorative mount.

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.6 × 11.8 cm (10 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson Sr., London, England (L. 2184). Joshua Reynolds, London, England (L. 2364). Thomas Lawrence, London ,England (L. 2445). F. Abott, Edinburgh, Scotland (L. 970). [1] [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, England], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Notes [1] Mongan and Sachs notes that the drawing passed throught this collection and cite his collector's mark. However, this is not present on the actual drawing.

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