Saint Catherine of Siena on a Cloud, 1696/1697

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Medium

black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38.6 × 27.2 cm (15 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2020.64.1

Artists / Makers

Luigi Garzi (artist) Italian, 1638 - 1721

Image Use

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Provenance

Acquired in Rome by William Forbes, 7th Baronet of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House (1827); by descent to the Forbeses of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House; (their sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 March, 2017, part of lot 233, as "attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini"); Private collection, Washington, D.C.; (Richard Berman, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Berman, Richard
Forbes, Sir William, 7th bt. of Pitsligo
Sotheby's

Exhibition History

2023: Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.