The Virgin and Child with two angels giving rosaries to St Dominic and St Sebastian
Drawing
ca. 1578-1605 (drawn)
ca. 1578-1605 (drawn)
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drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Virgin and Child with two angels giving rosaries to St Dominic and St Sebastian (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash heightened with white on blue paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, The Virgin and Child with two angels giving rosaries to St Dominic and St Sebastian. Behind them a trellis and three trees, on each of which five roundels are suspended, by Gregorio Pagani, Italian School, pen and ink and wash, late 16th century. |
| Physical description | drawing |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Bought 1883 |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume One: 14th - 16th century, London, 1979, cat. 214, p. 107, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
PAGANI, GREGORIO (1558 – 1605)
214
The Virgin and Child with two angels giving rosaries to St Dominic and St Sebastian. Behind them a trellis and three trees, each of which five roundels are suspended
Pen and ink and wash heightened with white on blue paper
15 ¼ x 10 (387 x 254) 8942
PROVENANCE Bought 1883
LITERATURE Christel Thiem, Gregorio Pagani, Stuttgart, 1970, p. 30; p. 79, no. Z.23; pl. 36
The drawing was formerly ascribed to Giovanni da San Giovanni. The attribution to Pagani is due to Pouncey. The drawing is probably a modello for a lost picture described by Baldinucci in these words: ‘A Giovansimone Tornabuoni fece per Laiatico un’altra tavola del rosario con tutti I mistieri; e fu concetto dello stesso Tornabuoni ch’egli figurasse la Vergine in un giardino di rose, con tre alberi; nel primo, che fu una palma, rappressento i misteri gaudiosi; nel seconde, che fu uno spino, i dolorosa; nel terzo, che fu un rosaio… fece vedere i misteri gloriosi, e nella medesima tavola rappresento angeli e piu figure di santi. Fra questi era un s. Bastiano…’ (Notizie dei professori del disegno, edited by F. Ranalli, Florence, 3, 1846, p. 45). Dr Thiem suggests a date about 1595. She publishes (no. Z.20; pl. 37) a drawing in the Louvre which is a study for another picture of the Virgin giving a rosary to St Dominic, painted about the same time for Francesco Marenozzi. In this drawing also the Virgin is surrounded with 15 roudnels designed to contain scenes from her life. |
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| Accession number | 8942 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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