a) The Baptism of Christ; b) Draped Figure Holding a Book and Man Wielding an Ax with a Figure

c. 1475

Pietro Perugino

Artist, Umbrian, c. 1450 - 1523

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) pen and brown ink b) pen and brown ink and black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 19.3 x 19.8 cm (7 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.64.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Simon Meller, Paris; Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell; (their sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1962); (sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, 26 June 1981, no. 143); (via David Tunick, Inc., New York), NGA purchase, 1981.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell. Colnaghi, London, 1959, no. 21, pl. IV.

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

1997

  • "Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance", The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1997-1998, no. 17.

Wikidata ID

Q64619693

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