Discussion between Bishops and a Male Figure before a Crowd (Disputation between Saint Augstine and the Heretic Fortunatus)

1600/1610

Pietro Malombra

Artist, Italian, 1556 - 1618

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper, laid down on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.5 × 34 cm (10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
    mount: 33 × 40.6 cm (13 × 16 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.126.2

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prosper Henry Lankrink [1628 - 1692], London (Lugt 2090). (sale, Henri Godts, Brussels, 5 May 2001, no. 41. (sale, Christie's Paris, 26 March 2014, no. 17, as attributed to Malombra); (sale, Artcurial, Paris, 3 June 2015, no. 17, as attributed to Malombra); Private collection, Paris; (Benjamin Peronnet, Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2017

  • Meijer, Bert W. Il disegno veneziano, 1580-1650 : ricostruzioni storico-artistiche. Florence, 2017: no. 27

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center of mount: [not deciphered--Lodovico?]; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 002; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Paolo Veronese?

Markings

Prosper Henry Lankrink [1628 - 1692], London (Lugt 2090)

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