Veronese

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Veronese
1528-1588
Allegory of Wisdom and Strength
Brush and lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue paper.
13 x 9 5/16 inches (329 x 237 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1982.70
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Study for the painting in the Frick Collection, New York.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Paolo Veronese"; on verso, at upper right, in black chalk, "Di Paulo Verones."; on verso of mount at lower right, in pen and black ink, "N 9" and a symbol below.
Watermark: Anchor within a circle (close to Briquet 557).

Provenance: 
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); purchased in Zurich in 1949 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names: 

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 244-245.
Gilbert, Creighton, et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 45, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions)

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