Pietro Negri
1628-1679
Young Saint
9 3/16 x 8 inches (234 x 203 mm)
Black and red chalk on light brown paper; framing line in black ink.
1993.92
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
The inscription at lower left is by the so-called "Reliable Venetian Hand," a Venetian collector whose collection seems to have been taken en bloc to England by the 1770s. On the collector, see Bettagno's 1966 exhibition at the Cini as well as Terrance Mullaly, "The Reliable Venetian Hand: An Exhibition and Some Additions," Burlington Magazine 109 (1967): 48-51.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at bottom right, in pen and black ink, "Pietro Negri Veneziano".
Associated names
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Bettagno, Alessando. Disegni di una collezione veneziana del Settecento. Exh. cat. Venice: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 1966, no. 36.
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