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Moses Saved from the Waters
Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612–1666)
Italian
1656–1658
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink, red chalk, and brush and red wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.6 x 26.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in honor of Clifford S. Ackley and Francis Welch Fund
Accession Number2016.379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionRed pencil, red watercolor, pen, and brown ink
Signed
Signed in lower right, "Mola"
InscriptionsOn the reverse of the drawing, in Mola's hand, incomplete inscription with pen and brown ink: "mandare / antonio dal Sig. Belardino / per pigliare il ritratto del Pap[a] / in lapis lazuli picolo / il disegno o stampa che ha / della Concetione"; handwritten mark "Lr 16 / T D" ("Destouche"? Cfr.Lugt 794)
ProvenanceAbout 1890, said to be in the Madrazo collection, Madrid. By about 1930, said to be in the Marqués de Casa Torres collection, Madrid; 2015, sold by the Marqués de Casa Torres to Coll and Cortés (dealer), Madrid; 2015, sold by Coll and Cortés to Artur Ramon Fine Art (dealer), Madrid and Barcelona; 2016, sold by Artur Ramon Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)