Saint Joseph and the Christ Child with Angels and Putti

1590/1600

Cesare Pollini

Artist, Italian, c. 1560 - c. 1600

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carlo Prayer, Milan [1826 - 1900] (Lugt 2044). Juan and Felix Bernasconi, 1977 (not in Lugt); by descent; (sale, Christie's London, 7 July 1987, no. 70); (Stephen Somerville Ltd., London); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Exhibition of Watercolours, Drawings & Paintings. Stephen Somerville Ltd. at Bernheimers. London, 1988, no. 2.

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 16.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 16.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 12.

Bibliography

2005

  • Di Giampaolo, Mario. "Cesare Franchi detto il Pollino," in Amma Maria Ambrosini Massari and Marina Cellini, Nel segno di Barocci: Allievi e seguaci tra Marche, Umbria, Siena. Milan, 2005: 317.

Inscriptions

On mount at top center in white chalk: N.69, and at lower center, BASTIANINO; on verso at center in blue ballpoint (vertically), by a descendant of Juan and Felix Bernasconi: Maria [illeg.] de Bernasconi/1977; across bottom in graphite: Sebastiano Filippi detto il Bastianino 1532-1602

Wikidata ID

Q64538168

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