Study Sheet with the Virgin Mary, Saints, Angels and Figures from the Adoration of the Magi

Study Sheet with the Virgin Mary, Saints, Angels and Figures from the Adoration of the Magi

Madonna, heilige vrouwen, engelen en figuren

RP-T-1968-364(R)

Both sides of this sheet are covered with drawings, varying from quick sketches to fully elaborated figures. The paper was lightly rubbed with red chalk to enhance the white highlights. The figures are surrounded by fine hatching. The spontaneous drawing style suggests that the artist used it as a study sheet.

draughtsman: attributed to Piero di Cosimo

c. 1490 - c. 1520

pen in bruin en penseel in wit op roodachtig getint papier

height 245 mm x width 181 mm

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1968

Public domain

…; collection Van Nijmegen family, before 1900;{Note RMA.} from whom acquired by Dirk Hudig (1842-1915), Nijmegen, Rotterdam;{Note RMA.} ? his son Dirk Hudig (1872-1934); his son Ate Ferrand Whaley Hudig (1904-?), Bussum; from whom purchased, with 150 other drawings, by the museum, 1968

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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