Saint Catherine of Siena on a Cloud

Provenance

Acquired in Rome by William Forbes, 7th Baronet of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House (1827); by descent to the Forbeses of Pitsligo, Fettercairn House; (their sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 March, 2017, part of lot 233, as "attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini"); Private collection, Washington, D.C.; (Richard Berman, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Saint Catherine of Siena on a Cloud

Garzi, Luigi

1696/1697

Accession Number

2020.64.1

Medium

black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38.6 × 27.2 cm (15 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund