The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes

Provenance

William Young Ottley; Samuel Woodburn, London; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn, London; Lord Francis Egerton, first Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt Supp.2710b) and by descent (sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 13); Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; NGA purchase in 1975.

The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes

Carracci, Lodovico

c. 1605

Accession Number

1975.52.1

Medium

pen and brown ink and brown wash with white heightening over black chalk; traces of incising

Dimensions

overall: 20.2 x 29.5 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Adolph Caspar Miller Fund