Angel Holding a Flute

Provenance

Rev. Dr. H. Wellesley [see Lugt 1384; according to inscription on face of former mount]; sold, Sotheby's, London, June 30, 1866, part of lot 949 (as Cav. d'Arpino), to [Urban M.] Noseda [see Lugt 1948]. Sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Dec. 4, 1914, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamps (Lugt 5308), recto, lower left, and verso, lower left, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower left, in black].

Angel Holding a Flute

Circle of Giuseppe Cesari

1580

Accession Number

80938

Medium

Black and red chalk, on buff laid paper, incised

Dimensions

20.3 × 13.7 cm (8 × 5 7/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection