The Madonna in a vision, adored by St. Francis assisted by St. Gregory and St. Augustin
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 32,3 x 21,2 cm
Inventory numberNMH 468/1863
AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)
Other titlesTitle (sv): Madonnan i en vision avgudad av Sankt Fransiskus assisterad av Sankt Gregorius och Sankt Augustin Title (en): The Madonna in a vision, adored by St. Francis assisted by St. Gregory and St. Augustin Inventory title (sv): Heliga Jungfrun med barnet m fl
DescriptionDescription: The Madonna in a vision, adored by St. Francis assisted by St. Gregory and St. Augustin. Laid down. Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink: il sordo (17th century hand). Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 395. (Sparre) Viviani worked closely with Barocci and never demonstrated a distinct artistic personality of his own. St. Francis' attitude is the same, in reverse, as in Barocci's "Il Perdono" on the high altar in S. Francesco in Urbino, executed c. 1574-76. Although the influences from Barocci are obvious, the old attribution to Viviani, "Il Sordo d'Urbino", seems convincing. There are great stylistic correspondences with a number of drawings in the Louvre, attributed to Viviani by Francoise Viatte and Catherine Monbeig-Goguel. A copy of this drawing also in Nationalmuseum: See NMH 426/1863 [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 571]
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TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing