Provenance
John, 1st Earl Spencer, Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Lugt 1530]. Sold by Thomas Philipe, London, 13 June 1811, no. 428 (as Lanfranco) to Cox. Unidentified collector [shelfmark on verso of former mount]. Sold, Christie’s, London, 11 April 1978, lot 50. Kent Sobotik, Dayton, Ohio. Sold, Christie’s, New York, 15 January 1992, lot 21. Sold by P.&D. Colnaghi & Co., London and New York, to the Art Institute, 1992.
Accession Number
117196
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk and white oil paint, on brown laid paper, laid down on Japanese paper, edge mounted to off-white wove paper
Dimensions
38.4 × 29.9 cm (15 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Credit Line
William D. Shorey Fund; Sara R. Shorey and Henry C. Woods Endowments