Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona Cortona 1596 (?) - 1669 Rome

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Description

Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da Cortona
the madonna and child with st john the baptist, another saint and a kneeling donor
black chalk, with touches of red chalk on the verso

Provenance

J. Fitchett Marsh (L.1455, on the old mount, now destroyed);
His sale, London, Sotheby's, 23-24 May 1882;
F. Asta (L.116a);
Unidentified collector's numbering, lower right: m 344

Catalogue Note

Dr. Jörg Mertz has confirmed the attribution to Cortona. Dating the sheet to the late 1660s, he compares it to a drawing of the Conversion of Saint Paul, formerly in the Ferretti Collection, sold London, Christie's, 2 July 1996, lot 49. The unidentified numbering is usually found on 17th Century Roman drawings, and is reminiscent of Padre Resta's numbering system.