Alessandro Magnasco

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Alessandro Magnasco
1667?-1749
The Peep-Show. Verso: slight figure sketch
Brush and brown washes, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on light brown paper.
9 11/16 x 13 1/4 inches (246 x 337 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1961.37
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Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421); Houthakker, Amsterdam.
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Beurdeley, Alfred, 1847-1919, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Twelfth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1962. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963, p. 82.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 155.

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