A Sculpture of Saint Benedict in a Niche, 1735

Not on View

Medium

red chalk heightened with touches of white chalk on brown laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 50.5 x 27.5 cm (19 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.121

Artists / Makers

Jakob Frey (artist) Swiss, 1681 - 1752

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Frey; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: x403 (in circle); by later hand, upper center verso in red crayon: D498 (in circle); by later hand, center verso in graphite: Coll Mark / Frey / or Gellozzi / 17th sch / Caracci / School; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Coll on(superscript) Vallardi

Provenance

Giuseppe Valardi [1784-1863], Milan (Lugt 1223); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

1973: The Academy of Europe: Rome in the 18th Century, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1973, 51-52, no. 39.

Bibliography

2012: Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 177 (color).