Lot 79: BIAGIO PUPINI | The Birth of the Virgin

Point of the brush and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on faded blue paper;
bears old attribution, lower left: Ecole de Raphaël and numbered: 12, and extensively inscribed on the mount, verso: Dessin Provinant dela collection de Mon^sr Lebarni / La collection des dessins dumusée en Sassède / une repetition Plus finie. / école de Raphael.

12 3/8 x 8 inches

Point of the brush and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on faded blue paper;<br />bears old attribution, lower left: <em>Ecole de Raphaël</em> and numbered: <em>12</em>, and extensively inscribed on the mount, <em>verso: Dessin Provinant dela collection de Mon^s^rLebarni </em>/<em> La collection des dessins dumusée en Sassède </em>/<em> une repetition Plus finie. </em>/<em> école de Raphael.</em><strong><br /></strong>

Laid down on an old sheet of paper. The sheet has been made up in places due to very old areas of losses, notably in the upper right quarter and lower left edge. The blue paper has faded somewhat and there are a number of stains throughout, including a light blue stain to the upper left quarter. There are some losses to areas of white heightening, particularly to the lower right quarter. The brown wash is somewhat faded however the image itself is still reasonably strong.
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Bears unidentified collector's mark (L.366);
Baron de Malaussena (L.1887);
Comte A. Marquet de Vasselot (L.2499);
with P & D Colnaghi & Co., London, by 1984;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 13-14 January 1989, lot 244