Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Cajetan of Thiene

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "Canuti"; illegible inscription (cut off) recto, lower center, on mount, in pen and brown ink.

John O’Brien, New Haven and West Virginia [notes in curatorial file]. Sold by Aldega/Gordon, New York, to the Art Institute, 1994.

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Recent Acquisitions of Master Drawings," August 18, 1994–January 29, 1995, no cat.

Artist: Domenico Maria Canuti / Italian, 1625-1684
Date: 1681/82
Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, with brush and brown wash and red chalk wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions: 19.5 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Katharine Shea Memorial Fund
Accession no.: 1994.99

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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006029
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.