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Gaetano Gandolfi
1734-1802
The Dead Christ
Black, red and white chalk, on paper.
17 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches (441 x 315 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1980.61
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Watermark: anchor within a circle.
Provenance:
Private collection, Bologna; Benno Geiger, Vienna; probably his sale, Venice, 5 January 1952; Cassini, Venice; János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Geiger, Benno, 1882-1965, former owner.
Cassini, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Scholz, Janos, and Dean A. Porter. János Scholz, Musician and Collector. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1980, no. 169, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 192-193.
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