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                                     Detail of the recto with Lely's mark
                                        
                                    
                                    Detail of the recto with Lely's mark
                            
                            
                        
                            
                             Detail of the recto with Lely's mark
                                        
                                    
                                    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
                                        
                                    
                                    Verso of our drawing showing William Gibson's inscription on the laid paper lining
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                        
                            
                             Verso of our drawing showing William Gibson's inscription on the laid paper lining
                                        
                                    
                                    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
                                        
                                    
                                    Giovanni Battista Franco - The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist - BNF - Paris
                            
                            
                        
                            
                             Giovanni Battista Franco - The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist - BNF - Paris
                                        
                                    
                                    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
                                        
                                    
                                    Giuseppe Porta - Temperance Allegory (INV 10735.BIS) - Paris Musée du Louvre
                            
                            
                        
                            
                             Giuseppe Porta - Temperance Allegory (INV 10735.BIS) - Paris Musée du Louvre
                                        
                                    
                                    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
                                        
                                    
                                    Giuseppe Porta - The Madonna and Child Jesus surrounded by Saint Lucy and a holy Deacon 
 (INV 5054) - Paris Musée du Louvre
                            
                            
                        
                            
                             Giuseppe Porta - The Madonna and Child Jesus surrounded by Saint Lucy and a holy Deacon 
 (INV 5054) - Paris Musée du Louvre
                                        
                                    
                                    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
                                        
                                    
                                    Back of the original mount
                            
                            
         Back of the original mount
                                        
                                    
                                    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
 
                                         
                                        