Cesare Fracanzano

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Cesare Fracanzano
Mary Magdalene Supported by Angels Framed by Antique Motifs. Verso: Sketch of a Landscape
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink.
12 3/8 x 6 11/16 inches (316 x 169 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.277

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Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Cesare Fracanzano"; on verso, "Cesare Fracanzano".

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Don Pedro Ali cantara de Borbon y de Borbon, Duke of Durcál; his sale, New York, 5-6, 10-13 April 1889, lot 191 (as Spadaro); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Borbón y Borbón, Pedro Alcántara de, Duke of Durcal, 1862-1892, former owner.
Gargiulo, Domenico, ca. 1609-1675, Formerly attributed to.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

In the Shadow of Vesuvius : Neapolitan Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz. New York : Finch College Museum of Art, 1969, no. 11, repr.

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