Alessandro Maganza

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Alessandro Maganza
1556-approximately 1630
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence
ca. 1595
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
15 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches (400 x 290 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.159

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Inscribed at lower left, in black chalk?, "TINTORETTO".
Watermark: Crossbow and letters "A3" inside circle, surmounted by trefoil.

Provenance: 
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); purchased in Zurich? in 1949? by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt 2993b).
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Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

John Marciari, Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, New York, 2018, fig. 148, repr.

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