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After Giotto
1266?-1337
Holy Family Leaving Nazareth for Jerusalem to Celebrate Easter, St. Luke II, 41
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, some stray marks in red chalk, on parchment; verso: document, 16th century, pen and brown ink.
11 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches (283 x 263 mm; maximum dimensions)
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The drawing is almost an exact copy of the eighth fresco in the right transept of the Lower Church of St. Francis at Assisi, painted ca. 1320.
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Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "N.̊ 35 / ... VME. PRO ... ANNI 8 / Die 13 settembris 1574 / Fuit ex libris me in nome ibi venditis / unius petij tema nat-ij fatio sub fol ̊10 in adven. Valerio Cioli delgensis ad fuorem de Thome pater mihi Ing. meum / Paulus Font[an]a[a superscript] / -48 / Prospero".
Provenance:
Umberto Gnoli; from whom purchased.
Associated names:
Anonymous, Italian School, 14th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Gnoli, Umberto, 1878-1947, former owner.
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