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Luca Cambiaso
1527-1585
Marriage of the Virgin
1567-1569
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, on paper.
5 3/8 x 12 1/8 inches (138 x 309 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.366
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of mount, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, "M / No. [o superscript] 8"; at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "No. [o superscript] 712; Cangiagio"; at upper right, in graphite, "Nt [t superscript] (?) L 50."
Provenance:
The Earls of Spencer, Althorp House, Northamptonshire (Lugt 1530); Spencer sale, London, 1947?, lot 116, no. 2 (according to note at lower left of mount); Dr. Max A. Goldstein (1870-1941), St. Louis (see Lugt 2824); Janos Scholz (1903-1993) New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
Associated names:
Spencer, Earl, former owner.
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
: Indianapolis 1954, no. 48; Middletown 1955; Suida Manning and Suida 1958, 33; Notre Dame 1967, no. 7; New York 1967-68, no. 16.
The Life of the Virgin Mary : Drawings from the János Scholz Collection. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1967, no. 7.
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