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Drawing

ca. 1575 - 1607 (made)
Artist/Maker
Trotti, Giovanni Battista (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

The Virgin Mary appearing in the clouds to two Saints, a male and female, who both kneel on the ground; Pen and sepia.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and sepia
Pen
Sepia
Drawing
Brief description
Trotti, Giovanni Battista; The Virgin Mary appearing in the clouds to two Saints, a male and female, who both kneel on the ground; Pen and sepia; Cremonese School; ca. 1575 - 1607.
Physical description
The Virgin Mary appearing in the clouds to two Saints, a male and female, who both kneel on the ground; Pen and sepia.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.3in
  • Width: 10.8in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Italian (Cremonese) School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Saints
Virgin Mary
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 168. The text is as follows: copy after TROTTI, GIOVANNI BATISTA 357 Recto The Virgin and child giving a rosary to St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena. (Copy of no. 354 above) Inscribed in two different hand ‘Malossi’ and ‘Crudo’ Pen and ink 16 ½ x 11 (419 x 280) Dyce 287 Verso Rough sketches of building and other notes Inscribed in pencil: ‘Sposalitio di Sta Chatarina del P. Car…’ the rest illegible Partly in red chalk, partly in pen and ink PROVENANCE J. MacGowan (Lugt 1496); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue (as Malosso) The drawing is attached to an old sheet of paper stamped with the mark Lugt 1496 and inscribed in ink ‘M. 91 vida Vasari p. 238. Giov: Bat: Trotti…Malosso’.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.287

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
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