Paolo Farinati

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Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, after Veronese
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash, on paper.
12 x 8 1/2 inches (304 x 217 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.139
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Copy after the lower half of Paolo Veronese's altarpiece of the "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" of 1561 on the high altar of San Sebastiano, Venice.

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Inscribed at lower left, on old album page, in pen and dark brown ink, "Farinato".
Watermark: Circle, bisected, surmounted by pole with three triangular segments attached. Same as 1993.133 and 1993.140.

Provenance: 
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b), at least since 1969.
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Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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