Live Auction 17420Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School
Attributed to Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (Bologna 1511-1575)
Lot 123

Attributed to Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (Bologna 1511-1575)

Christ and Saint Thomas

Closed4 December 2018

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Attributed to Biagio Pupini dalle Lame (Bologna 1511-1575)
Christ and Saint Thomas
with inscription 'Da quello che ho uisto in una Pietà mandatami molti anni sono/ dal Pre Gio fr°. Morelli di Perugia io zaccolgo che guesta istoria sia/ [...] Rafaello. ad esequirsi à Gerol°. da Cosignola suo descepolo/ [...] (partially trimmed) (verso)
black chalk, grey wash, heightened with white, on blue paper
16 x 21 1/8 in. (40.5 x 53.5 cm.)

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 31, 'The incredulity of Saint Thomas, MELDOLLA; (and six others) (for £1 to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his initials, attribution and number 'M H B/ meldolla/ 31' (recto) and inscription 'From the Lawrence Collection/ Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' (verso)

Specialist note

This drawing was previously attributed to Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, but is closer in style and scale to drawings by Biagio Pupini.