drawing
- Museum number
- 1946,0713.1413
- Description
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Virgin and Child; her head resting on her right hand, part of a wall behind
Brush drawing in brown wash, over red chalk, on light brown prepared paper
- Production date
- 1664 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 185 millimetres
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Width: 147 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Babette Bohn has pointed out that this is related to a painting, signed and dated 1664, now in a private collection (F. Zeri et al, 'Arte emiliana dalle raccolte storiche al nuovo collezionismo', Modena, 1989, no. 80, p. 111; Bohn fig. 34). The drawing corresponds extremely closely with the finished work, as is frequently the case with Elisabetta's studies, and it is unclear if is really a preparatory design or a record made after the completion of the canvas. There is also an etching by Lorenzo Loli (Bartsch 3) of the composition.
Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', London, 1935, p. 164, no. 1; B. Bohn, 'Elisabetta Sirani and Drawing practices in Early Modern Bologna', "Master Drawings", Fall 2004, p. 222, fig. 33; B. Bohn, 'Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna', University Park, PA, 2021, p. 198, fig. 120
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1946,0713.1413
