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The Madonna and Child in Glory Appearing to a Kneeling Young Man
Ciro Ferri · 1655/59
Provenance
Ownership history
- Giuseppe Vallardi (1784/94–1861/63), Milan [stamp (Lugt 1223) recto, lower left, in blue]. Carlo Prayer (1826-1900), Milan [stamp (Lugt 2044), recto, lower right, in red]. Pacini (c. 1860-1880), Florence [stamp (Lugt 2011) verso, lower left, in black]. Maria Skira Celia Mendez de Bernasconi, c. 1977 [inscriptions verso, center, in blue ballpoint pen]; sold, Christie’s, London, Dec. 8, 1987, lot 44 to Adolphe Stein, Paris; sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 11, 2001, lot 52, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Brussels, Musée Communal d’Ixelles, "De Giorgione à Tiepolo: Dessins italiens," 1993, pp. 196–97, fig. 88.
- London, Douwes Fine Art Gallery, "Master Drawings Presented by Adolphe Stein," 1988, cat. 20 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 39, cat. 14 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, "The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), p. 39, cat. 14 (ill.).
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