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Italian School
16th century
Head of a Bearded Man, Wearing a Cap or Flat Turban
Red chalk and white chalk, on blue paper.
5 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches (130 x 107 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.362
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Formerly attributed to Giovanni Martino Spanzotti. Vercelli?, Lombardy, active 1480-ca.1523 Turin, Piedmont.

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Inscribed in upper left corner in black chalk, "31".

Provenance: 
Savôia-Aôsta, Turin (no mark; see Lugt S. 47a); purchased in Turin in 1951 by János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Spanzotti, Gian Martino, ca. 1455-ca. 1528, Formerly attributed to.
Savôia-Aôsta, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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