2. Jacopo da Ponte di Jacopo Bassano (Bassano del Grappa 1510-1592) Vierge à l'Enfant pierre noire et sanguine, rehauts de craie blanche, sur papier black and red chalk, heightened with white on paper 34.2 x 23.9cm (13 7/16 x 9 7/16in). sans cadre | unframed Provenance Part of the Album Sagredo, his numbering 'B. B. n° : 94' (on the reverse) and 'B.B. n° : 32' (on the mount, lower right) Doge Nicolò Sagredo, circa 1654 His brother, Stefano Sagredo, Venice His nephew, Zaccaria Sagredo (1632-1729), Venice His wife, Cecilia Sagredo, until her sale in 1743 Probably Collection John Udny (1727-1800) Collection Jean-Pierre Cornet, (L. 3507), Paris, circa 1970 (see Ketty Gottardo, 2012) Sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1975, lot 7 Sale, Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 20 October 1980, lot 2, where purchased by the present owner Private Collection, France Exhibited Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dessins de la collection Christian et Isabelle Adrien, 21 March – 2 August, 2012, no 6 Literature P. Rosenberg et al., Dessins de la collection Christian et Isabelle Adrien, Paris, 2012, no 6 (note by Ketty Gottardo) This drawing is closely related to Jacopo Bassano's Saint Moro and Saint Roch Adoring the Virgin and Child (Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa), commissioned around 1576 by Podestà Moro in thanks for deliverance from the plague. Executed in bold black and red chalk, the sheet reflects Bassano's mature style and his debt to Titian, evident in its dynamic handling and tonal richness (Gottardo, 2012). Two other preparatory drawings in red chalk are known: one attributed to Jacopo (1986) and another to his son Leandro (1992), both lacking the spontaneity of this sheet. Rearick suggested they were once part of the Sagredo family collection, possibly acquired by Doge Nicolò Sagredo in 1651. A volume of 201 Bassano drawings from this collection was later purchased by John Udny in 1762, making it plausible that this drawing was originally part of that group.