The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saints George and William

Provenance

Count Bianconi (according to an inscription on the back of the mount); Samuel Woodburn; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn; Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere and by descent (sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 20); to P. & D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London, for NGA, purchase in 1972.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saints George and William

Carracci, Lodovico

Accession Number

1972.49.3

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall: 27.7 x 20.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.) | support: 34.6 x 28 cm (13 5/8 x 11 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund