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Carlo Maratti
1625-1713
Study of a Figure in Priest's Robes
Red chalk, with white chalk, on blue paper.
15 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (398 x 242 mm)
Bequest of Joseph Halle Schaffner in tribute to Felice Stampfle and Frederick B. Adams.
1972.13
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Preparatory drawing for the altarpiece "Madonna and Child with SS. Carlo Borromeo and Ignatius Loyola", Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, painted for Orazio Spada ca. 1685.
Provenance:
Countess Sophy von Holstein-Rathlow (according to inscription on mount); Joseph Halle Schaffner, New York.
Associated names:
Holstein-Rathlow, Sophy von, Countess, former owner.
Schaffner, Joseph Halle, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 173.
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