The Christ Child Appearing to Saint Francis

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash over red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.9 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.213

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Lugt 321); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

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: 183 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in pen and black ink: Sira [cut off]

Markings

stamp, lower right, in black ink: B [Lugt 321]

Wikidata ID

Q64633481

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