St. Benedict Gesturing to the Left: Study for the Coronation of the Virgin

Provenance

Unidentifed collector [unidentified stamp]. Charles Ludovic Lindsay (died 1925), London [New York 1994 auc. cat.]. Dr. Otto Wertheimer (died 1972), Paris [New York 1994 auc. cat.]. Private collection, Switzerland; sold, Christie's, New York, January 11, 1994, lot 162. Given by Anne Searle Bent, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1996.

St. Benedict Gesturing to the Left: Study for the Coronation of the Virgin

Antonio da Correggio

1520/23

Accession Number

145181

Medium

Red chalk on cream laid paper prepared with pink wash (diluted red chalk wash), laid down on cream laid card

Dimensions

15.5 × 11.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Anne Searle Bent