Moses Saved from the Waters

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612–1666)

1656–1658

Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, red chalk, and brush and red wash

DimensionsSheet: 18.6 x 26.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Credit LineFund in honor of Clifford S. Ackley and Francis Welch Fund

Accession number2016.379

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InscriptionsOn the reverse of the drawing, in Mola's hand, incomplete inscription with pen and brown ink: "mandare / antonio dal Sig. Belardino / per pigliare il ritratto del Pap[a] / in lapis lazuli picolo / il disegno o stampa che ha / della Concetione"; handwritten mark "Lr 16 / T D" ("Destouche"? Cfr.Lugt 794)

ProvenanceAbout 1890, said to be in the Madrazo collection, Madrid. By about 1930, said to be in the Marqués de Casa Torres collection, Madrid; 2015, sold by the Marqués de Casa Torres to Coll and Cortés (dealer), Madrid; 2015, sold by Coll and Cortés to Artur Ramon Fine Art (dealer), Madrid and Barcelona; 2016, sold by Artur Ramon Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)