Giovanni Battista Maganza

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Giovanni Battista Maganza
1509-1589
Triumphal Procession with Commander on Horseback, Preceeded by Two Boys
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (208 x 300 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.158
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Inscribed in lower left corner, in pen and brown ink (cut away), "[...]za"; on verso, at upper left, shining through to recto, in pen and brown ink, "[....]nza [...]".
Watermark: Crossbow, on chain line. Damaged area covers parts of watermark.

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Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); purchased in Zurich in 1949, Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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