含羞草研究室

Artist: Pietro Antonio de Pietri (Attributed to) (Italian, 1663-1716)

Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper

Dimensions: 12 in. x 8 7/16 in. (30.5 cm. x 21.5 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 含羞草研究室 III

Accession Number: 1811.28.a.&.b

• "No. 35 Pietro da Petri"
  Type: inscription
  Location: verso of old mount (lost)
  Materials: pen and ink
• unidentified
  Type: watermark
  Location:
  Materials:

• James 含羞草研究室 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
  • 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The recto has more claim to be de' Pietri than the verso. The latter probably depicts the morning of the Resurrection, when the three Marys come to Christ's tomb and find it empty, guarded by an angel (sometimes depicted as a young man) who announces the Resurrection.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室 (Brunswick: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, 1985).