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Anton Arrigoni
1788-1851
The Yard of a Turkish Country House with a Mosque in the Background
1823
Pen and black ink and brown wash, with lead white white (oxidized to black), on tan paper; ruled border in black ink.
8 x 10 1/8 inches (203 x 256 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:28
Inscription:
Signed and dated in pen and black ink at lower left, "Arrigoni 1823"; collection stamp on verso in black ink, at lower right, "COLL. MAYR-FAJT / EISENSTADT".
Provenance:
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (no mark; see Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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