The Madonna and Child Enthroned with a Bishop Saint and a Kneeling Ecclesiastic

Provenance

Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de Bernasconi [1927-2005] Buenos Aires (Lugt 5374), from 1977. (sale, Christie's South Kensington, 12 February 2008, no. 351); Private collection, France; (Galerie Motte Masselink, Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

The Madonna and Child Enthroned with a Bishop Saint and a Kneeling Ecclesiastic

Brenta, Luigi

c. 1820s

Accession Number

2020.62.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 24.5 × 16.9 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.) | sheet: 29.8 × 22.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund