Anton Kern

The Virgin and Charity



Anton Kern - The Virgin and Charity



Anton Kern
The Virgin and Charity
433 x 319 mm
Black chalk, red wash, heightened with white
Sale Christie's, London, 4 December 2018


Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (Lugt 2445)
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence
sale Christie's, 4 June 1860, nr. 31 'an allegorical subject, PITTONI'; and five others (£1 to Bloxam)
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials 'M: H: B', inscription and attribution 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ [Pittoni], Giovanni Battista a d 1690-1767 Vincenza/ Lawrence Collection' (on the mount)
sale Christie's, London, 4 December 2018, nr. 135