Attributed to Alessandro Casolani

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Attributed to Alessandro Casolani

approximately 1552-1607

Virgin and Child Enthroned, Distributing Rosaries to Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena

Black and red chalk on laid paper.

8 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (205 x 142 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1993.171

Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to and acquired as Giovanni Battista Naldini, Fiesole ca. 1537-1591 Florence; Alessandro Fei, called Alessandro del Barbiere (ca. 1538/43-1592).

Provenance:

Armand François Louis de Mestral de Saint-Saphorin (1738-1805), Switzerland; Reichlen; Marmier (all three according to János Scholz records); purchased in Lausanne in 1950/5 (?) by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Naldini, Giovanni Battista, 1537-1591, Formerly attributed to.
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Reichlen, former owner.
Marmier, André, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Oakland and Berkeley 1961, no. 56 (as Naldini); Notre Dame 1967, no. 34 (as Naldini); Washington and New York 1973-74, 40-41, no. 30 (as Alessandro del Barbiere).
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 40-41, no. 30, repr.

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