Holy Family with Saint Catherine

Artist Unidentified . Italy. 1525-1575. pen and brown ink, brown wash, red chalk heightened with white on paper. Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III. 1811.46.

Marks/Inscriptions

• possibly a jug (watermark (indistinguishable), )
• "No 238 V. Salembeni" (inscription, verso, pen and brown ink)
• "V. Salembert" (inscription, former mount (removed), )
• "65/93/No. 305-6" (inscription, former mount, )
• Amsterdam Art Dealer, Auctioneer & Collector, Jan Pietersz. Zomer, died in 1724 (Lugt 1511) (collector's mark, )

Provenance

• Jan Pietersz. Zomer (Dealer and Collector, ) -
• James Bowdoin III (Collector, Boston) -1811
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811-

Exhibition History

• Monotheism & Masculinity. Bowdoin College (10/5/2004, 11/7/2004)
• Drawing on Basics. Bowdoin College (10/14/1993, 12/19/1993)
• Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College. David P. Becker, Class of 1970 (5/17/1985, 6/29/1986)

Bibliography

Type: catalogue
Author: Henry Johnson
Document Title: Catalogue of the Bowdoin College Art Collections
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 61
Remarks: (as "Salembert")
Section Title: Pt. I, The Bowdoin Drawings
Date: 1885

Type: catalogue
Author: Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Document Title: Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts, Walker Art Building
Edition: 4th
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 66
Remarks: (as Salembeni)
Publisher: Bowdoin College
Section Title: Descriptive Catalogue of the . . .
Date: 1930

Type: exhibition catalogue
Author: David P. Becker
Document Title: Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Location: pp. 82-83
Reference: no. 37 (illus.)
Publisher: Bowdoin College
Date: 1985