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Italian School
16th century
Two Trumpeters
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, on laid paper prepared with a pink wash.
6 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (163 x 232 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.68
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Annibale Carraci, Bologna 1560-1609 Rome.

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Inscribed at lower left in pen and gray ink, "Ae Care(?)".

Provenance: 
Conte(?) Gelozzi or Gelosi (Lugt 545); E.F. duc de Choiseul (no mark; see Lugt 2948); Salverte Chateau de Rey; art market, Geneva, 1956 or 1958; János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, Formerly attributed to.
Gelozzi, Count, former owner.
Choiseul, Etienne-François, duc de, 1719-1785, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Inaugural Exhibition. Let Us Celebrate, exh. cat., Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids, 1966, no. 14, repr.
Alfred Moir, ed. Drawings by Seventeenth Century Italian Masters from the Collection of János Scholz. Santa Barbara : Art Galleries, University of California, 1974, no. 24, repr.

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