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Collection Details
Earl of Malmesbury sale, Christies, 1 July 1876, lot 10, as unknown
artist: bt by Waters; William Graham, by 1882; his sale, Christies,
10 April 1886, lot 443, as Titian; bt in for the family; by descent to
Lady Horner; again put up for sale at Christies, 30 June 1906, lot
124, as Titian: bt in. Later sold privately to 1st Lord Faringdon.
Background
The dress as it appears at present is not contemporary with the painting;
the hair, veil and left eye have been retouched. It is possible that an
interesting Venetian head exists beneath these later additions, since
it is evident that this picture is either a study for the head of the
Good Mother in Sebastianos Judgement of Solomon at Kingston Lacy,
subsequently completed by another hand to make it into a marketable picture
in its own right, or more probably a replica of that head,
made for the same reasons.
There is an interesting affinity between both heads and that of the adulteress
in the highly contentious Adulteress brought before Christ in the Glasgow
Art Gallery.
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