Modelbook Sheet with Saints, the Virgin and Child, and a Donor Figure
Unknown, Italian
1480-1500
Tempera on parchment
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (12.6 × 19 cm)
Frame: 5 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (13.5 × 19.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2026.4
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Provenance
Carlo ‘Il Capitano’ Prayer (1825-1892), Milan, Italy (Lugt 2044); possibly to Felix and Juan Bernasconi, Mendrisio, Italy; by descent to Maria Elvira Celia Mendez de Bernasconi, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Lugt 5374); her sale, Christie’s, London, 24 June 1987, lot 246 (as German school, late 15th century); where acquired by Sam Fogg, London; by whom sold to Dr. Ernst Boehlen, Bern, Switzerland; by whom sold Sotheby’s, London, 18 June - 2 July 2025, lot 55; where acquired by Les Enluminures, Chicago and Paris; by whom sold to the present collection, 2026.
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