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Circle of Nicolò dell' Abate
approximately 1509-1571
Concert: Group of Figures Singing
ca. 1550-1560
Pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white watercolor, over black chalk, on laid paper.
4 7/8 x 9 inches (124 x 229 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.235
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Provenance:
Arthur Kay (1861-1939), Edinburgh (his sale, London, Christie's, 22 March 1929, lot 140, as Giorgione (according to Bologna 1969, p. 109); purchased in Zurich in 1953 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
Associated names:
Kay, Arthur, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Selected references: Oakland and elsewhere 1957, no. 1 (as Nicolò dell'Abate); Bologna 1969, 108-09, under no. 50 (as not Nicolò dell'Abate).
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 1, repr.
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