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Crescenzio Onofri
ca. 1650-ca. 1712
Mercury Turning Battus to Stone
Black chalk, with light gray wash, on paper; ruled border in black chalk.
12 9/16 x 18 inches (319 x 458 mm)
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1967.20
Inscription:
Signed[?] in black chalk at lower left with the initials "CR". Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower right, "Clescenzio Onofrio".
Provenance:
De Beer, London.
Associated names:
De Beer, former owner.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 157.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 106.
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