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Attributed to Donato Creti
1671-1749
Study for an Altarpiece: Virgin of the Immaculate Conception or Assumption of the Virgin
Pen and brown ink on laid paper; verso, pen and brown ink.
11 3/4 x 8 inches (298 x 203 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.87
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Inscribed on verso with paragraph of longhand script, in pen and brown ink, visible from recto.
Watermark: Anchor inside circle, surmounted by six-pointed star, letters "PM" below circle.
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Armand-Francois-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; Reichlen Gallery, Lausanne; from whom purchased in 1957 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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