Alessandro Maganza

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Alessandro Maganza
1556-approximately 1630
Allegorical Figure of Charity
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
5 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (132 x 213 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.330
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Inscribed on verso (visible through lining), in pen and brown ink, "In il medesma il simulacro deto inteso / mentre u'adorna il crin dei raggi suoi".

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Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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