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Italian School
16th century
Head of Man Wearing a Cap, in Profile to the Left
Pen and brown ink on paper.
8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (205 x 137 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1985.77
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Watermark: none.

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Inscribed on verso in black chalk, "Milano / ca. 1510".

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz, New York (no mark, see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 351.
Tuscan and Venetian Drawings of the Quattrocento from the Collection of János Scholz. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967, no. 23.

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