The Madonna and Child Enthroned with a Bishop Saint and a Kneeling Ecclesiastic, c. 1820s

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Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 24.5 × 16.9 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 29.8 × 22.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2020.62.1

Artists / Makers

Luigi Brenta (artist) Italian, born 1800

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center verso, by later hand in brown ink: Luigi Brenta tació, direttore della fabbrica / di [not deciphered]

Marks and Labels

Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de Bernasconi (Lugt 5374)

Provenance

Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de Bernasconi [1927-2005] Buenos Aires (Lugt 5374), from 1977. (sale, Christie's South Kensington, 12 February 2008, no. 351); Private collection, France; (Galerie Motte Masselink, Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bernasconi, Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de
Christie's
Galerie Motte Masselink