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Italian School
Head of a Woman. Verso: Random Scribbles
Red chalk, with some marks in black chalk, on paper; verso: black chalk.
4 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (111 x 114 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1982.60

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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, Brescia ca. 1480-1548/9 Brescia.

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Inscribed on old lining, in pen and brown ink, "Tiziano".

Provenance: 
Dukes of Savoy, Aosta, Turin (no mark; see Lugt S. 47a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Savoldo, Gian Girolamo, b. ca. 1480, Formerly attributed to.
Savoy, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Venetian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. Montgomery, Ala. : Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1976. no. 12, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 298.

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