Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

British, 1800 - 1857

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Lodovico Carracci, The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes, c. 1605, pen and brown ink and brown wash with white heightening over black chalk; traces of incising, Adolph Caspar Miller Fund, 1975.52.1

The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes

Lodovico Carracci · c. 1605 · pen and brown ink and brown wash with white heightening over black chalk; traces of incising ·  Accession ID  1975.52.1

A young woman sleeps with her cheek resting on the back of one hand next to a woman holding a nude baby and two winged angels in this vertical painting. All the people have pale skin and they nearly fill the composition. The sleeping woman, Saint Catherine, rests her elbow on a stone table covered by a golden yellow cloth, which also wraps around her shoulders. Her knees are angled to our right and her face tips onto her hand to our left. Her curly, light brown hair is pulled back. She has delicately arching eyebrows, a straight nose, and her pink lips are closed. Her pale, olive-green, floor-length dress is tied at the waist with a mauve-purple sash. She wears a gold ring with a gray stone on the third finger of her left hand, which rests in her lap. To our right, the second woman, Mary, leans over Saint Catherine. Mary’s head is angled to our left, toward the sleeping saint, and she looks to our right, down past the baby. Mary’s complexion is has a faint gray cast, and her brown hair is covered by a white cloth, which is surrounded by a halo of light. A dark garment covers her shoulders over a scarlet-red dress. The baby sits on Mary’s lap with his body facing our left, toward Saint Catherine. He leans our way and looks at us with dark eyes. Light catches his brown curls and he has chubby cheeks, arms, and legs. Along the bottom edge of the canvas, a puff of gray cloud near the lower right corner seems to support Mary’s feet. A curving, charoal-gray spike in the lower left corner of the painting is partially covered by the yellow drapery. Behind Saint Catherine and over her head, next to Mary, are two winged angels with dark blond, curly hair. The angel closer to us rests one hand on the pine-green pillow behind Saint Catherine’s head and turns to look past Mary in profile, lips parted. The angel behind looks down with hands together in prayer. Light falls across the scene from our right. The upper right corner behind Mary is filled with brick-red clouds that, upon closer examination, are filled with faces looking onto the scene.
Lodovico Carracci, The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1593, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.59

The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Lodovico Carracci · c. 1593 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1952.5.59

Giulio Romano, The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter, c. 1527/1528, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.47.1

The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter

Giulio Romano · c. 1527/1528 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.47.1

Lodovico Carracci, The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saints George and William, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.49.3

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saints George and William

Lodovico Carracci · · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1972.49.3

Agostino Carracci, Landscape with Two Washerwomen, 1580s, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.19.1

Landscape with Two Washerwomen

Agostino Carracci · 1580s · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.19.1

Giulio Romano, Saint Michael, c. 1527/1528, pen and brown ink, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.5.1

Saint Michael

Giulio Romano · c. 1527/1528 · pen and brown ink ·  Accession ID  1973.5.1

Giulio Romano, The Four Elements, c. 1530, pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2007.111.95

The Four Elements

Giulio Romano · c. 1530 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2007.111.95

Giulio Romano, River God, c. 1528, pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, Richard King Mellon Charitable Trusts, 1973.29.1

River God

Giulio Romano · c. 1528 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.29.1

Agostino Carracci, Head of a Faun in a Concave Roundel, probably c. 1595, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.49.2

Head of a Faun in a Concave Roundel

Agostino Carracci · probably c. 1595 · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1972.49.2

Agostino Carracci, Woodland River with a Boat, c. 1590, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1978.70.1

Woodland River with a Boat

Agostino Carracci · c. 1590 · pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.70.1

Bibliography

1921

  • Ref Number: 2710b.
    Lugt 2710b.

2013

  • Sebag-Montefiore, Charles, with Julia I. Armstrong-Totten. A Dynasty of Dealers: John Smith and Successors 1801-1924. The Roxburghe Club, London, 2013: 81-88.