St Luke preferring a Genoa Gentleman to Christ

This expensive sale record probably refers to an entry for a lost limning rather than the curious grisaille drawing cited here - both were copies of the same painting in the Royal Collection today and attributed to Titian. The grisaille was in the collection of Charles II

Sale Inventory c.1649-51

After Titian

Madonna and St Luke

Walpole Society reference (1972): 
WS 257, №21
Appraisal: 
80-0-0
Sold to: 
R [reserved]; G Greene
Sale date: 
23/10/1651
Identification certainty: 
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