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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.786
Description
A bishop (St Thomas of Villanueva?) giving alms to women and children Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite Verso: Studies of four female figures Pen and brown ink
Producer name
Drawn by:
Simone Cantarini
Formerly attributed to:
Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi
School/style
Bolognese
Production date
1627-1648
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
262 millimetres
Width:
190 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The drawing was moved from Pandolfi to his pupil Cantarini in 1997. HC 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. 78, no. 1 (as Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi)
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.78(1))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Thomas of Villanueva, Archbishop of Valencia
(?)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Saint-Morys
(by descent to his son Comte Carrière)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Carrière
(L.474)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L.2445)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 7.vi.1860/part of lot 661 'Others, by BAROCCIO, BAGLIONI, S. CONCA, &c.', 12 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-1-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.786