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Artist: Unknown Artist (Italian, -)

Medium: red chalk on paper

Dimensions: 12 3/16 in. x 7 5/8 in. (31 cm. x 19.4 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III

Accession Number: 1811.40

• "2"
  Type: inscription
  Location: lower left
  Materials: pen and brown ink
• "Baptista . . .Anstatile"
  Type: inscription
  Location: former mount (lost)
  Materials: pen and ink

• James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College
  • ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The meaning of the original attribution, taken from the old inscription, is unknown. Oberhuber and Susan Wegner place the drawing as Tuscan. St. Andrew is identifiable by his large cross; Catherine by her spiked wheel; the third saint is probably Francis.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College (Brunswick: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art, 1985).