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Santo Piati
approximately 1687-1747
The Assumption
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on laid paper; framing line with arched top in pen and brown ink.
12 x 6 1/4 inches (305 x 159 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1987.74
Notes:
János Scholz attributes pen inscription on recto to the collector Gamba.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Piatti"; numbered on verso, in green pencil, "17" within triangle.
Watermark: Letters "G" and "3" with trefoil on stick.
Provenance:
Unidentifiable collector's stamp at lower left; Wessner-Boskovits Collection, St. Gallen? (no mark; see Lugt S. 2562a); Anton Schmid, Vienna (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990b); Galerie Fischer, Lucerne; from whom purchased in 1960 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Wessner, I. O., 1851-1921, former owner.
Schmid, Anton, 1904-1991, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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