The Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Desert

c. 1660

Pier Francesco Mola

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1666

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jan Pietersz Zoomer, Amsterdam (1641 - 1724) (Lugt 1511). Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London (1665 - 1745) (Lugt 2184). Earl Spencer, Althorp (18th century) (Lugt 1531). (sale, T. Philipe, London, 14 June 1811, part of lot 494). (sale, Sotheby's London, 23 March 1972, no. 100); (Alfred Brod, London, 1972); Armando Neerman, London; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, 1995, no. 31.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 31.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 34.

Inscriptions

lower right, brown ink, A: v: D.

Watermarks

six-pointed star in a circle [Briquet 6089]

Wikidata ID

Q64619552


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