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Simone Cantarini
1612-1648
Virgin and Child Adored by Saints
Red chalk on laid paper; graphite line along right edge.
10 9/16 x 7 7/8 inches (269 x 200 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.55
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Watermark: none on drawing, one indecipherable on mount.
Probably a study for a lost or unidentified altarpiece.
Provenance:
J. Fitchett Marsh (Lugt 1455); Dr. George L. Laporte, New York (no mark; see Lugt 1170); presumably his sale, New York, Plaza Art Galleries, Inc., 25 April 1968, under lot 92 (not specifically identified); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Marsh, J. Fitchett, 1818-1890, former owner.
Laporte, George L, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Alfred Moir, ed. Drawings by Seventeenth Century Italian Masters from the Collection of János Scholz. Santa Barbara : Art Galleries, University of California, 1974, no. 20, repr.
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