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St. Benedict Gesturing to the Left: Study for the Coronation of the Virgin
by Correggio
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.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," April 10-July 22, 1997. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque", March 26-July 8, 2012, pl 7, pp. 34-35, cat. by Suzanne Folds McCullagh, et. al.
Publications
Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), p. 97, no. 122 (ill.). Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago, selected by James N. Wood, with commentaries by Debra N. Mancoff (Chicago, 2000), p. 91 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Antonio Allegri, called Correggio / Italian, 1489?-1534
- Date
- 1520/23
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Anne Searle Bent
- Accession no.
- 1996.337
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