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Italian School
17th century
Ascension of a Saint Flanked by Angels
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
7 9/16 x 11 1/2 inches (191 x 292 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Ernest Ash.
1981.46
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Watermark: Figure of a standing Pilgrim holding a staff within an oval (similar to Heawood 1347). Watermark, beta radiograph, Pilgrim, standing figure, staff, pennant, oval. 141975wm_1981_46_WM_beta.tiff
Possible attribution to Caccia Gugliemo, called Il Moncalvo. Montabone?, Asti 1568-1625 Moncalvo.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "I Ca / Io Sono C"; and "Io Consonita Santa non (cut off)".
Provenance:
Dr. Curt Glaser, former Director fo the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; his widow, Maria Milch Glaser, later Mrs. Ernest Ash, New York.
Associated names:
Caccia, Guglielmo, 1568?-1625, Possible attribution.
Glaser, Curt, 1879-1943, former owner.
Ash, Ernest, Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 266.
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