Ubaldo Gandolfi

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Ubaldo Gandolfi

1728-1781

The Christ Child Appearing to St. Anthony or St Francis

Red chalk on paper; with some blue ink along right edge.

13 1/8 x 8 9/16 inches (332 x 217 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1992.115

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso above center in pen and brown ink, "Gandolfi"; at lower left in pen and gray-black ink, "P."; numbered on verso below center in pen and violet ink, "288".
Watermark: Letters "PM" in a circle surmounted by a trefoil (close to Heawood 3033).

Provenance:

Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).

Bibliography:

Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 70.

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