A Saint Holding a Book, c. 1640

Not on View

Medium

red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind

Dimensions

overall: 28.8 x 19.5 cm (11 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.150.68

Artists / Makers

Gioacchino Assereto (artist) Genoese, 1600 - 1650

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper right in pen and brown ink: N 44; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: No 74 Collezn Saint Varni; by later hand lower center verso in graphite: Strozzi, Bernardo / Vent de Sanctis, 1947 / (Kundig) No 243

Provenance

Santo Varni, 1887 (Lugt undescribed); János Scholz, New York (Lugt undescribed); Helene C. Seiferheld, New York, 1962; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, March 1962; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

O'Neal, William B., Professor
Scholz, Janos, Estate of
Seiferheld, Helene C.
Varni, Santo

Exhibition History

1962: Faculty Collections, University of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, October 1962 (as Bernardo Strozzi).

1971: Master Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond and tour, 1971-1972 (as Bernardo Strozzi).

1993: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 7.

1996: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.