A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure of Charity with Two Putti (verso)

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, Jan. 28, 2009, lot 66, attributed to Bernardino Gatti (withdrawn). Sold by Galerie de Bayser, Paris (as Italian School, 16th century), to Peter Bownes-Johnson, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, around 2012 [email from François Borne to Richard Gray dated Feb. 11, 2018]; sold through François J. Borne to the Gray Collection Trust, Chicago, Feb. 14, 2018; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure of Charity with Two Putti (verso)

Giovanni Antonio di Francesco Sogliani

1520/30

Accession Number

248303

Medium

Red chalk and brush and red chalk wash (recto) and black chalk, with black chalk grid lines, (verso) on cream laid paper

Dimensions

11.6 × 12.7 cm (4 5/8 × 5 in.)

Classification

drawings (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray