Lot 21: Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino ? 1520/1524-1578) Saint Jerome oil on canvas 32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99 cm.)

Giovanni Battista Moroni
(Albino ? 1520/1524-1578)
Saint Jerome
oil on canvas
32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99 cm.)

Carlo Gritti Morlacchi, Bishop of Bergamo (1777-1852).
Dottor Giuseppe Ghidini, from whom acquired in 1864 for 400 lire by the following,
Antonio Picinelli (1832-1910), from whom purchased in 1866 for 75 gold napoleons by
Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), on behalf of the following,
Sir Ivor Guest, later 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939), and by descent at Canford Manor, Dorset, to his son,
Ivor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne (1903-1967); Christie's, London, 9 March 1923, lot 23, as 'Moretto' (80 gns. to Agnew, on behalf of the following).
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), Chesterfield House, London, and later Harewood House, Yorkshire, and by descent to the present owner.