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Detail of the recto with Lely's mark

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Verso of our drawing showing William Gibson's inscription on the laid paper lining

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Giovanni Battista Franco - The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist - BNF - Paris

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Giuseppe Porta - Temperance Allegory (INV 10735.BIS) - Paris Musée du Louvre

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Giuseppe Porta - The Madonna and Child Jesus surrounded by Saint Lucy and a holy Deacon
(INV 5054) - Paris Musée du Louvre

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Back of the original mount

Giuseppe Porta detto Salviati Italian School, 1520-1575
(attributed to) Allegory of Chastity/ (Attribué à) Allégorie de la chasteté, circa 1540
Black chalk and white highlights on faded blue paper (lined with laid paper)/ Pierre noire et rehauts de blanc sur papier anciennement bleu (doublé de papier vergé)
6 1/8 x 5 in
15.5 x 12.8 cm
15.5 x 12.8 cm
S2401
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Provenance
(for the drawing)
Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680) - his mark lower right (Lugt 2092) - until its sale in April 1688, when our drawing was bought by William Gibson
William Gibson (1644 - 1702) after the inscription on the verso
Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918 -1991) - label on the original mounting board
(for the frame)
Marquis Carlo Camillo Visconti Venosta (1879 - 1942) - from a stamped inscription on the verso of the frame
Cadres Lebrun