Saint Catherine of Siena on a Cloud
1696/1697
Artist, Italian, 1638 - 1721
Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper
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Credit Line
Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
sheet: 38.6 × 27.2 cm (15 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2020.64.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired in Rome by William Forbes, 7th Baronet of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House (1827); by descent to the Forbeses of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House; (their sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 March, 2017, part of lot 233, as "attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini"); Private collection, Washington, D.C.; (Richard Berman, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.
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Exhibition History
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.