Francesco Trevisani

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Francesco Trevisani
1656-1746
Studies for the "Massacre of the Innocents."
Black chalk, with white chalk, on laid paper prepared with gray-brown ground.
10 1/4 x 7 inches (261 x 178 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1987.40
Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower right edge, in graphite, "7"; at lower left, in black chalk, "Trevisani"; on verso, at upper right, in graphite, "Trevisani, F. / for the Dresden picture / Vos. Barock p. 374".

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Acquired in New York in 1938 by János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 56, repr.

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