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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.290
Description
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine in a landscape with St Joseph; the Virgin seated with the Christ Child giving a ring to St Catherine kneeling at l, Joseph leaning over a branch behind Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, heightened with white on pink prepared paper
Producer name
Circle/School of:
Luca Cambiaso
School/style
Genoese
Production date
1542-1585
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
290 millimetres
Width:
207 millimetres
Curator's comments
Watermark: encircled crescent moons and a bird. 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' I, London, 1935, p. 41, no. 9 (as Luca Cambiaso)
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.41(9))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
holy family with saints
Associated names
Representation of:
St Catherine of Siena
Representation of:
St Joseph
(?)
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L.2445)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 4.vi.1860/part of lot 192 as Cambiaso 'The Virgin borne by angels; and various of the Holy Family - pen and bistre', 4 in the lot, bt Phillipps £0-4-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.290