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Gaetano Gandolfi

Assumption of the Virgin

Maker

Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734-1802)

Title

Assumption of the Virgin

Year

ca. 1776-87

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

black chalk, white chalk

Supports

Dimensions

42.2 x 31.8 cm (16 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Watermark: "Pontecchio" in a banderole

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: anonymous gift

Object Number

57.117

Type

Provenance

… 1957, Sale Dowells Phillips, Edinburgh on 01/22/1957, Lot 121.

… Collection of P. and D. Colnaghi, London.

… 1957, Purchased by the RISD Museum with an anonymous gift on 11/26/1957.

Publications

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Mar 17, 1961 – Apr 16, 1961

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734-1802)
Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1776-87
Black chalk, rbbed and white chalk on laid paper
42.2 x 31.8 cm (16 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches)
Museum purchase: anonymous gift 57.117

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