Study of the Virgin for an Annunciation, 1550s

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Medium

brush with brown wash and white heightening over red chalk on laid paper; laid down on an old mount

Dimensions

sheet: 16.1 × 12.8 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
mount: 23.3 × 16.9 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

Accession Number

2017.32.1

Artists / Makers

Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone (artist) Italian, c. 1500 - 1563

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left of mount in pen and ink: 256; by later hand, lower right of mount in pen and ink: IId. / A Schiavone

Provenance

Unidentified private collection. Private collection, France. (Sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 2001, no. 43); (Richard Berman, New York); purchased by NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Berman, Richard

Exhibition History

2018: Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019, no. 5.