Virgin and Child, after a Painting in the Collection of Edmond Beaucousin, Paris, by a Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Artists

Dimensions

sheet: 33.8 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Fourth sale of the estate of Edgar Degas at the Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 2-4, 1919, lot 114b, sold]; [to Durand-Ruel, New York (1919--?), sold]; to Lillie P. Bliss, New York (?-1934), bequest; to Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934-?). [Durand-Ruel, New York (?-1946), sold, November 1946]; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (1946-1965), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Notes: 1. The drawing shared a frame with and was sold with three other drawings at the 1919 Degas estate sale (lots 114a-c). One of the other drawings (lot 114a) is a partial and promised gift to the Fogg Art Museum (2005.79). 2. Lillie P. Bliss passed away in 1931 and her bequest to the Museum of Modern Art was finalized 3 years late, according to the terms of her will (which called for an adequate endowment fund to be secured in that interval). 3. The drawing was bequeathed to the Museum of Modern Art by Lillie P. Bliss in 1934. Paul J. Sachs purchased the drawing from Durand-Ruel in 1946. It is unclear when the drawing passed from the Museum to Durand-Ruel and if it passed directly from one to the other.