Attributed to Pier Francesco Mola (Coldrerio 1612–1666 Rome). Holy Family with Saint Joseph and Saint John the Baptist, pen and brown ink and wash on buff laid paper, with William Bates' collector's mark recto (Lugt 2604), a skilfully repaired tear towards the upper sheet edge, a tiny filled-in loss towards the lower sheet edge, lined with 18th century fine laid paper with crowned initials GR watermark, sheet size 19.3 x 29.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 5/8 ins), framed and glazed (35 x 44 cm) Provenance: William Bates (1824-1884), English professor at Queen's College Birmingham, whose collection was sold at Sotheby's London, 19 January 1887 (Lugt 2604); Private collection, Warwickshire, England.
Attributed to Pier Francesco Mola (Coldrerio 1612–1666 Rome). Holy Family with Saint Joseph and Saint John the Baptist, pen and brown ink and wash on buff laid paper, with William Bates' collector's mark recto (Lugt 2604), a skilfully repaired tear towards the upper sheet edge, a tiny filled-in loss towards the lower sheet edge, lined with 18th century fine laid paper with crowned initials GR watermark, sheet size 19.3 x 29.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 5/8 ins), framed and glazed (35 x 44 cm) Provenance: William Bates (1824-1884), English professor at Queen's College Birmingham, whose collection was sold at Sotheby's London, 19 January 1887 (Lugt 2604); Private collection, Warwickshire, England.
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