Female Saint
Unknown Spanish, Spanish
17th century
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Overall: 4 7/8 × 2 11/16 in. (12.4 × 6.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, through Friends of the Dartmouth Library
D.962.88.11
Geography
Place Made: Spain, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
None.
Provenance
Acquired by Catherine Mary Brackenbury (ca. 1818-after 1883), Cádiz, Spain, mid-19th century; sold Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge, 27 February 1924, lot 7 as an album of 450 drawings; where acquired by Robert Langton Douglas, London, UK; by descent to his widow, Jean Douglas Fowles (née Stewart ) (1901–1985), London, UK and New York, NY; by whom sold Parke-Bernet, New York, 1–2 April 1952, lot 76, as part of an album of 450 drawings; where acquired by Julius H. Weitzner (1895–1986) (dealer), New York, NY; by whom sold to Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York, NY, before 1956; by whom given to the present collection, 1962.
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