Studies for the Assumption of the Virgin

Inscription: Annotated in graphite on verso, "Murillo"; in blue crayon, "4905"; in graphite with pen and black ink, "454" (the last 4 crossed out). Inscribed in pen and brown ink at upper border of verso, (not decipherable through old mount) (H.W.W. 1940).

James Jackson Jarves; Cornelius Vanderbilt (American)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Coles Gallery, Tapestries and Paintings...Drawings by Old Masters," 1895.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," July 26–October 18, 1999.

The Frick Collection, New York. "The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya," October 5, 2010–January 9, 2011.

Cristina Agüero Carnerero, Mark McDonald Carreño de Miranda dibujos Exhibiton catalogue, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid. Madrid, cat. no. 10, pp.112-14.

Coles Gallery, 8: Tapestries and Paintings, Malachites, Vases, etc.; Drawings by Old Masters, Etchings, Photographs, and Tapestries in Gallery 4, Main Hall. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hand-book, no. 8, New York, 1895, cat. no. 490, p. 31.

F. J. Sánchez-Cantón Great Drawings of All Times. no. 943, 4, New York, 1962, cat. no. no. 943, ill.

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Jonathan Brown "Spanish Baroque Drawings in the Sperling Bequest." Master Drawings. vol. 11, no. 4, New York, 1973.

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Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez Juan Carreño de Miranda [1614-1685]. 1985, fig. no. pl. 18, p. 113, p. 85, ill.

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