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Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Lodovico Cigoli (Italian, 1559–1613)
1590
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink brush and wash, squared for transfer in graphite or black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.1 x 17.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession Number2013.63
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn pen, l.r.: monograms of William Esdaile (Lugt 625) and Charles Rogers (Lugt 2617); verso, l.l.: Formerly in the collection of C. Rogers 1814 WE P 29 .290; at center in pen: Cigoli
ProvenanceCharles Rogers (b. 1711 – d. 1784), London (Lugt 625); April 15-23, 1799, posthumous Rogers sale, Thomas Philipe, London, lot 160. William Esdaile (b. 1758 – d. 1837), London (Lugt 2617); June 18, 1840, posthumous Esdaile sale, Christie and Manson, London, lot 341. December 17, 2010, anonymous sale, Piasa, Paris, lot 4 to Thomas Williams Fine Art, London; 2013, sold by Thomas Williams, through W. M. Brady and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)