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The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Three Angels
Cristofano di Michele Martini, called il Robetta (Italian, 1462–after 1534)
about 1500-1520
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.2 × 17.8 cm (8 3/8 × 7 in.)(lacking c. 25-30 mm at the top, c. 7-9 mm at the bottom, and c. 4 mm at the right; trimmed on or slightly within the borderline at the left)
Credit Line
Special Print Fund
Accession NumberM27833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind D.II.19, indeterminate state (the impression is trimmed at the top and bottom); Bartsch XIII, 400, 13; Illustrated Bartsch 2521.021, indeterminate state; Le Blanc 17
DescriptionLugt 892 Peart
Marks
In brown ink, b.c.: EP [Edward Peart, Lugt 892]
ProvenanceDr. Edward Peart (b. 1756 or 1758 - d. 1824; Lugt 892), London and Butterwick; before 1825, Thomas Lloyd (b. about 1757 - d. 1843), perhaps London; July 1-7, 1825, his sale, George Jones (auctioneer), London, lot 960. John Rushout, 2nd Baron of Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859), Northwick Park, Worcester, and Thirlestane House, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Baron of Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887); 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Warburton Rushout, Lady Northwick (b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson, Captain Edward Georges Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 28, 1918, sold by Captain Spencer-Churchill, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, lot 78; 1918, purchased from that sale by the MFA through P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers, London) for £3.06. (Accession Date: May 1, 1918)