Bishop Saint Blessing a Mother and Child

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London [stamp (Lugt 2364), recto, lower left]. Arthur Melville Champernowne (born 1871) South Devon [script (Lugt 153), recto, lower left, in pen and black ink]. William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso of mount].

Bishop Saint Blessing a Mother and Child

Alessandro Casolani

1575/1600

Accession Number

4010

Medium

Red chalk, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

29.2 × 20.3 cm (11 1/2 × 8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection