Marcantonio Raimondi

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Marcantonio Raimondi
approximately 1480-approximately 1534
Man on Horseback with Feathered Cap, Seen From the Back
Pen and brown ink on paper.
7 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (187 x 91 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.150

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Inscribed on verso, in black chalk, "P/258"; on made up corner in pen and brown ink, "£10."
Watermark: Three mountains surmounted by a cross (Briquet 11713?: Bologna, 1485-95).

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Albasini-Crosati; Litta; Captain Carlo Prayer, Milan (1826-1900; Lugt 2044); Collector's Corner, New York; from whom purchased in 1956 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Albasini-Crosati, former owner.
Litta, former owner.
Prayer, Carlo, 1826-1900, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 38 (as Michele da Verona).
Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 11, repr. (as Unknown Master in Verona).
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 170.
Tuscan and Venetian Drawings of the Quattrocento from the Collection of János Scholz. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967, no. 31.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 43, repr. (as Marcantonio Raimondi).

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