drawing
- Museum number
- 1946,0713.857
- Description
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The Christ Child with the Virgin and St Joseph in Glory with St Antony of Padua kneeling before him, St John the Baptist seated at right
Pen and grey ink, with grey wash, over black chalk, heightened with white (partly discoloured), on grey paper
- Production date
- 1704-1767
- Dimensions
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Height: 410 millimetres
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Width: 237 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Watermark three crescents
A preliminary study for the painting in the church of SS. Apostoli, Venice datable to 1754-5 (A.P. Zugni-Tauro, 'Gaspare Diziani', Venice, 1971, pp. 88-9, pl. 158). The painting differs notably from the present study with the Baptist standing, Saint Joseph is in the centre of the composition, and the cherubim are to the right of the Virgin. The basic composition of the drawing is, however retained in the finished work.
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. 139, no. 1; J. Brooks and C. Lee, 'The Identification of the "Pseudo-Crozat" Mark (Lugt 474): Saint-Morys and Carrière', "Master Drawings", 3, 2021, p. 399, fig. 11
- Location
- Not on display
- Previous owner
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Saint-Morys (by descent to his son Comte Carrière)
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Carrière (L.474; inscribed '4 D L 30' (ie lot 30 on fourth day), his sale, Henry Phillips, London, 14.vi.1797, part of lot 30 ('Five, P. Veronese, S. Ricci, Diziani, &c'))
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445)
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn (Christie's, 7.vi.1860/part of lot 678 'Solomon's idolatry, VENETIAN; St. Jerome writing, CRESPI; the Presentation, F. CURIA; Virgin and Child, Schedone, &c.', 10 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-15-0)
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps
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Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1946,0713.857
