Questionable attribution Italian School

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Questionable attribution Italian School
16th century
Study of a Hand Holding a Quill. Verso: Fragmentary study of drapery
Black chalk, red chalk, with white chalk on blue laid paper altered to gray-green; some areas possibly strengthened later; verso: red chalk, white chalk.
3 15/16 x 6 1/16 inches (100 x 154 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.156

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Watermark: none.

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Fragment of an inscription on verso below center right in pen and brown ink.

Provenance: 
J.C. Wawra Gallery, Vienna; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna (no mark; see Lugt 174); Archduke Friedrich of Hapsburg (no mark; see Lugt 960); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Reni, Guido, 1575-1642, Formerly attributed to.
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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