The Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Catherine and Another Female Saint

c. 1620

Pietro Damini

Associated Names
Pietro Damini

Artist, Italian, 1592 - 1631

The image shows three female figures seated among clouds. The central figure, a woman, holds a child on her lap with serene features and long flowing hair. The child is nude and seated gently. To the left is another female figure with long hair and a halo, holding a scroll on her lap. The third female figure on the right is also seated, looking upward. The background consists of cloud formations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.6 x 18.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
    mount: 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.102

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collector known as the Reliable Venetian Hand (his inscription). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors, NGA, 2012, 180.

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 180 (color).

2017

  • Meijer, Bert W. Il disegno veneziano, 1580-1650 : ricostruzioni storico-artistiche. Florence, 2017: 143 and no. 21.

Inscriptions

by the Reliable Venetian Hand, lower right in black ink: Pietro Damini da Castelfranco.; by later hand, center verso in graphite: C.91 (in circle); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Pietro Damini.

Watermarks

present, but not deciphered

Wikidata ID

Q64619672

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