Simone Cantarini, called il Pesarese, Italian 1612-1648- The Virgin Mary and St Anthony of Padua holding the Christ child; black chalk on laid paper, 24.5 x 20 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1971, lot 272; Private Collection, UK. Note: The artist treated the subject of St Anthony of Padua with the infant Christ on more than one occasion, and a version known in the form of etchings exists, with the title 'Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child in Glory' (see, for example, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York .4(175)).Please refer to department for condition report