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St. Bernardino of Siena Studying the Scriptures in a Landscape
Unidentified artist, Italian (Venetian), about 1500
Formerly attributed to: Giorgione (Italian, about 1477–1510)
Formerly attributed to: Marco Basaiti (Italian (Venetian), active in 1496–1530)
Formerly attributed to: Giorgione (Italian, about 1477–1510)
Formerly attributed to: Marco Basaiti (Italian (Venetian), active in 1496–1530)
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Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink on cream paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.6 x 19 cm (6 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Mount: 19.4 x 22.4 cm (7 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Mount: 19.4 x 22.4 cm (7 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John William Wheelwright Fund
Accession Number19.126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Macandrew 001
DescriptionBacked and mounted on framing borders characteristic of William Young Ottley.
Marks
Backing sheet, recto lower left stamped in black ink -- mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364)
Backing sheet, recto lower left in pen and brown ink -- mark of William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
Recto lower right stamped in black ink -- mark of Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
Backing sheet, verso lower center stamped in black ink -- mark of Charles Sackville Bale (Lugt 640)
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil -- mark of Charles Sackville Bale (Lugt 641)
Mount, verso lower center in graphite pencil -- mark of Charles Eliot Norton (not in Lugt)
Backing sheet, recto lower left in pen and brown ink -- mark of William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
Recto lower right stamped in black ink -- mark of Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
Backing sheet, verso lower center stamped in black ink -- mark of Charles Sackville Bale (Lugt 640)
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil -- mark of Charles Sackville Bale (Lugt 641)
Mount, verso lower center in graphite pencil -- mark of Charles Eliot Norton (not in Lugt)
InscriptionsRecto on tablet held by monk in pen and brown ink: IHS
Mount, recto lower right in graphite pencil: Giorgione
Backing sheet, recto upper right in pen and brown ink: 28
Backing sheet, verso upper center in graphite pencil: from Sir Peter Lelys Collection
Backing sheet, verso center in pen and brown ink: 136
Backing sheet, verso right in graphite pencil: Franciscan Monk in Landscape
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil: from Sir Peter Lelys Collection
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil (in hand of Charles Sackville Bale): Giorgione
Backing sheet, verso lower left in pen and brown ink (in hand of William Esdaile): Formerly in the collection of Nath Hone / afterwards of Sir Jos. Reynolds.
Backing sheet, verso lower left in pen and brown ink (in hand of William Esdaile): 1814 WE P 6 N 33 [0 -- crossed out].
Mount, verso lower right in graphite pencil (in hand of Charles Eliot Norton): C. S. Bale. / Bo't at his sale, 1882.
Mount, recto lower right in graphite pencil: Giorgione
Backing sheet, recto upper right in pen and brown ink: 28
Backing sheet, verso upper center in graphite pencil: from Sir Peter Lelys Collection
Backing sheet, verso center in pen and brown ink: 136
Backing sheet, verso right in graphite pencil: Franciscan Monk in Landscape
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil: from Sir Peter Lelys Collection
Backing sheet, verso lower right in graphite pencil (in hand of Charles Sackville Bale): Giorgione
Backing sheet, verso lower left in pen and brown ink (in hand of William Esdaile): Formerly in the collection of Nath Hone / afterwards of Sir Jos. Reynolds.
Backing sheet, verso lower left in pen and brown ink (in hand of William Esdaile): 1814 WE P 6 N 33 [0 -- crossed out].
Mount, verso lower right in graphite pencil (in hand of Charles Eliot Norton): C. S. Bale. / Bo't at his sale, 1882.
ProvenanceSir Peter Lely (b. 1618 - d. 1680; cf. Lugt 2092-2094), London. Nathaniel Hone (b. 1718 - d. 1784; Lugt 2793), London. Sir Joshua Reynolds (b. 1723 - d. 1792; Lugt 2364), London. William Esdaile (b. 1758 - d. 1837; Lugt 2617), London. William Young Ottley (b. 1771 - d. 1836; Lugt 2662), London. Thomas Thane (b. 1782 - d. 1846; Lugt 2461), London. Charles Sackville Bale (b. 1791 - d. 1880; Lugt 640-641), London; June 9, 1881, posthumous Sackville sale, Christie's, London, lot 2299, to Charles Eliot Norton, Cambridge, MA; by descent to Norton's daughter, Miss Sara Norton, Boston; from whom purchased by MFA, April 1919.