The Madonna and Child with an Escaped Goldfinch
early 1630s
Artist, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666

Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk on thin laid paper; laid down
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 26.3 x 20.3 cm (10 3/8 x 8 in.)
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Accession
1996.21.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Hubert de Marignane (stamp, HM, Lugt undescribed); Schaeffer, New York; Richard Krautheimer and Trude Krautheimer-Hess, New York, 1958 (stamp, R&TK in rectangle, Lugt undescribed) (their sale, New York, Christie's, 10 January 1996, lot 41); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Richard Krautheimer, Institute of Fine Arts, New York, 1961 (no cat.).
1963
Italian Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Richard Krautheimer, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, 1963, no. 21.
1966
Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Richard Krautheimer, Duke University, Durham, 1966, no. 17.
Bibliography
1996
Sutton, Peter C. "Past Masters," Christie's International Magazine XIII (January/February 1996), 15, 16, fig. 13.
Inscriptions
illegible inscription (now abraded) at lower left; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite (trimmed): DTTS
Wikidata ID
Q64572429