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Giovanni Battista Marcola
ca. 1711-1780
Head of Pompey Brought to Caesar. Verso: Study of a figure, possibly Christ
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, on paper; verso: red chalk.
11 5/8 x 17 7/16 inches (296 x 443 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1976.40
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Watermark: none.
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Unidentified collector's mark "AG" stamped in red at lower right; acquired in Rome in 1955 by János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 275.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 183, repr.
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