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The miracle of Soriano

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Artist/Maker

Drawing, The miracle of Soriano, Domenico Piola, 17th century

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TitleThe miracle of Soriano (published title)
Brief description
Drawing, The miracle of Soriano, Domenico Piola, 17th century
Bibliographic reference
Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p. 75, cat. n. 785, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: PIOLA, DOMENICO (1627-1703) 785 The miracle of Soriano Pen and ink and wash 7 3/4 x 5n1/4 (196 x 133) D.1054-1900 PROVENANCE C. Jourdeuil (according to a note in the departmental register); Dalton Bequest 1900 LITERATURE Dalton Catalogue, p. 18 (as by Prospero Fontana) The drawing is later in date than Prospero Fontana (d.1597). It is, as Jacob Bean has suggested in a letter, by or close to Domenico Piola. The subject is the Virgin accompanied by St Mary Magdalene and St Catherine of Alexandria showing a portrait of St Dominic to a Dominican monk at Soriano in 1530.
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D.1054-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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