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Italian School
16th century
Angel, Striding to the Right, with Left Hand Raised
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
5 1/2 x 3 11/16 inches (140 x 93 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1986.75
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Watermark: none.
Possible attribution to Giambattista Maganza, Vicenza 1509-1586.

Inscription: 

Inscription in graphite on verso by János Scholz, "Lippi Filippino / see Scharf, fig 180 / and later London 1949".

Provenance: 
Paul Drey Galleries, London; from whom purchased in 1949 by János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Maganza, Giovanni Battista, 1509-1589, Questionable attribution.
Lippi, Filippino, -1504, Formerly attributed to.
Scholz, János, donor.

Bibliography: 

Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 14.
Drawings from Tuscany and Umbria, 1350-1700. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley. Berkeley : Gillick, 1961, no. 45.
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 85.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz : a loan exhibition, April 23-June 7, 1964, Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery, 1964, no. 9.
Tuscan and Venetian Drawings of the Quattrocento from the Collection of János Scholz, presented for CRIA, the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, Incorporated, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1967-68, no. 24.
Scholz, Janos. One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 49, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 358-359.

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