Carlo Maratti

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Carlo Maratti
1625-1713
Sheet of Studies
ca. 1676
Red chalk on paper.
9 15/16 x 14 13/16 inches (251 x 376 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1988.72
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Preparatory studies for the fresco of the Allegory of Clemency in the Greta Hall of the Palazzo Altieri, Rome. Payments documented 1674-1677.

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Watermark: Quadruped in circle.

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Acquired in Dublin in 1937 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Clement X, Pope, 1590-1676, patron.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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