Artist: Giacomo Cavedone (1577 - 1660)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1611 - 1614
Materials: chalk, pen, ink, wash, white & yellow oil
Dimensions: 37 x 24 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,500 (Total: £35,000)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3641 (1992)
Provenance:
1st Earl of Leicester; by descent; Thomas Williams.
Description:
This drawing is one of a series of religious themes in the same technique and of similar sizes traditionally titled 'Christ blessing the little children'. The subject is in fact the much rarer one as told in John VI, 5-14 - the Miracle of the loaves and fishes.
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