(Flemish, 1599-1641)

The Virgin with Christ and Saint John, unsigned, collection stamp middle left edge recto "JG" (Lugt 1164a), possibly 17th century, ink and wash on paper 5-1/2 x 7-1/8 in. (14x 18.1 cm); unframed

Provenance: Ex-collection James Gibbs (1804-1891); Sotheby's Parke Bernet, 3758 (label verso); The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, with proceeds to fund future acquisitions

Note:  Identified by the collector's stamp, book binder and collector James Gibbs' point of fame is to have compiled the 'Kitto Bible' for more than thirty years, adding some 30,000 illustrations to a Bible published in 1838, enriched with notes by John Kitto. This Bible, which a contemporary prospectus described as 'the largest and most elaborately illustrated Bible in the world', contained specimen Bibles from the 15th and 16th centuries, illuminations, nearly 3,000 original drawings and prints, including the greatest masters (Rembrandt, Dürer). It is now kept at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Ref: Lugt Database

some toning and foxing, 1-1/2 in. tear left, small 1/8 tear at bottom, paper tape at edges verso with various inscriptions