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About the artwork
Artist supplied description.
Here Francesco Fontebasso depicted the biblical story of the birth of Christ, pairing three astonished shepherds, who surround the Virgin and Child at center, with four angelic putti hovering above the humble manger. Joseph kneels in the right foreground.
An independent work, not related to a painting, the drawing is densely layered. Different colors of ink and wash delineate the figures’ garments and the manger’s rough walls and capture the effects of celestial light.
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| Medium | ink |
| Dimensions | 33 × 46 Cm |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, "Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection", January 25 - May 10, 2020, pp. 40-41, cat. 15, p. 137, GC 65, traveled to Berkeley, CA, August 4 - November 28, 2021.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection", January 25 - May 10, 2020, pp. 40-41, cat. 15, p. 137, GC 65, traveled to Berkeley, CA, August 4 - November 28, 2021.
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.
given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.
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Antonio Morassi, Dessins vénitiens du dix-huitième siècle de la collection du Duc de Talleyrand
Antonio Morassi, Dessins vénitiens du dix-huitième siècle de la collection du Duc de Talleyrand (D. Guarnati, 1958), p. 24, cat. 49 (ill.).
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Karl Theodore Parker, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum
Karl Theodore Parker, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum (Clarendon Press, 1956), vol. 2, p. 201, under no. 997.
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Sold, Sotheby’s, London, Nov....
Sold, Sotheby’s, London, Nov. 13, 1934, lot 50 (as School of Tiepolo). Duc de Talleyrand, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, by 1958 [Morassi 1958]. British Rail Pension Fund, probably by 1980 [according to W. M. Brady and Co. and Venice 1980 exh. cat.]. Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, London, by 1991 [London 1991 exh. cat.]. Private collection, from 1991 [according to W. M. Brady and Co.]. Sold by W. M. Brady and Co., New York, to the Gray Collection Trust, Chicago, July 14, 2017
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exhibition
London, Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, Italian Drawings, 1991, cat. 20; also New York, Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, 1992.
London, Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, Italian Drawings, 1991, cat. 20; also New York, Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, 1992.
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Marina Magrini, “Francesco Fontebasso: I disegni,” Saggi e Memorie di storia dell’Arte no. 17
Marina Magrini, “Francesco Fontebasso: I disegni,” Saggi e Memorie di storia dell’Arte no. 17 (1990), pp. 177, cat. no. 53; 369, fig. 110.
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exhibition
Norwich, Castle Museum, Old Master Drawings from Venice, 1984–85, cat. 2.
Norwich, Castle Museum, Old Master Drawings from Venice, 1984–85, cat. 2.
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Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, 1980, cat. 108 (ill.).
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, 1980, cat. 108 (ill.).
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