DrawingsItalian16th century

The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

16th century

Artists

Polidoro da CaravaggioArtist

Description

mounted overall onto tan antique laid paper

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.2 × 19.2 cm (9 1/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon (Lugt 779). Robert S. Holford (Lugt 2243). Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Squire. [Sotheby's, New York, 1979, lot 20, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994

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