Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Child
c. 1665
Ciro Ferri
Artist, Italian, 1634 - 1689
Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk on laid paper, squared for transfer in black chalk
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 24.7 x 28.5 cm (9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
mount: 36 x 39.1 cm (14 3/16 x 15 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2010.93.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Baron Milford [1744-1823; Lugt 2687], Pembrokeshire, as by Pietro da Cortona. Anthony Blunt [1907-1983], London; (Martin and Sewell, London, by 1970); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1970; bequest to NGA, 2008.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1964
The Sir Anthony Blunt Collection. Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1964, no. 26.
1970
Master Drawings. W. A. Martin and Brian Sewell, London, 1970, no. 22.
1972
Italian 17th Century Drawings from British Private Collections. Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1972, no. 48.
1991
Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle. The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991, no. 49 (cat. by Frederick A. den Broeder).
2012
The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 64-65, no. 21 (entry by Oliver Tostmann).
Bibliography
1965
Vitzthum, Walter. "Review of The Sir Anthony Blunt Collection Exhibition Catalogue." Master Drawings. 3, no. 4 (1965): 405.
1986
Davis, Bruce W. The Drawings of Ciro Ferri. New York, 1986: 238.
1994
Harris, Ann Sutherland. Review of Frederick A. den Broeder, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle. Master Drawings 32, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 68.
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper left verso in pen and brown ink: Corto[ ] no 7; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 47; by later hand, lower right verso in pen and brown ink: Pietro da Cortona
Watermarks
six mounds [similar to Briquet 11946]
Wikidata ID
Q64540054