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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,0713.394
Description: The death of St Joseph; Christ and the Virgin standing either side of him Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidised), on grey-brown paper
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1559-1628
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 293 millimetres; Width: 192 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: 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. 72, no. 11 (as Palma Giovane)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: christian saint/martyr; death
Associated names: Representation of: St Joseph; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sagredo-Borghese (?); Previous owner/ex-collection: Saint-Morys (by descent to his son Comte Carrière); Previous owner/ex-collection: Carrière (L.474); Previous owner/ex-collection: John Barnard (L.1419); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn (Christie's, 6.vi.1860/part of lot 582 as Palma 'Christ proceeding to Emmaus; the assumption of the Virgin; the death of the Virgin; the death of St. Joseph, &c. - pen and bistre wash', 4 in the lot, bt Phillipps £0-18-0); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date: 1946
Acquisition notes: Backing inscribed by Sagredo-Borghese: "G.P.no:278"
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1946,0713.394

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