Workshop of Alessandro Botticelli
Saint Peter Sleeping (recto); Study for a Saint Luke, Seated, Reading (verso)

Saint Peter Sleeping (recto); Study for a Saint Luke, Seated, Reading (verso)

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Saint Peter Sleeping (recto); Study for a Saint Luke, Seated, Reading (verso)
ArtistItalian (Florentine), 1444/5–1510
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Saint Peter Sleeping (recto); Study for a Saint Luke, Seated, Reading (verso)
Datec. 1500
PlaceItaly
MediumPen and iron gall ink, and iron-based brown and red washes, heightened with lead white on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (19.7 × 14.9 cm)
 Frame: 19 1/16 x 16 1/16 x 1 3/8 in. (48.4 x 40.8 x 3.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1976.1.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[Sale collection Hans Wendland, Lugano, at Graupe & Ball, Berlin, 1931, no. 79]; [Spencer A. Samuels & Co., Ltd. New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1976.
Exhibition History"Botticelli: The Drawings," Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Legion of Honor, November 18, 2023–February 11, 2024. (OL.1527)

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