Deposition from the Cross
[None known at this time.]
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), London, by 1902 [1];
Purchased from A Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-Known Amateur During the last Forty Years , Christie’s, London, May 12–14, 1902, lot 249, erroneously as by Palma Vecchio, Descent from the Cross, by “Dr” [2];
With E. Parsons and Sons, Ltd., London, by October 18, 1933 [3]
Purchased from E. Parsons and Sons, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] See inscription, lower right, black ink: JCR. The inscription is identified in Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes , no. 1433, http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/7721/total/1# .
[2] See copy of annotated sales catalogue in NAMA curatorial files. The original annotated sales catalogue is found in the Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago.
[3] See letters from E. Parsons and Sons, London, to the Trustees of the Museum, October 18 and 23, 1933, NAMA curatorial files.
Possibly Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-Known Amateur During the last Forty Years (London: Christie’s, May 12-14, 1902), 28, as by Palma Giovine, as Pietà. Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters formed by a Well-Known Amateur During the last Forty Years (London: Christie’s, May 12–14, 1902), 28, erroneously as by Palma Vecchio, Descent from the Cross.
