Alessandro Sanquirico

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Alessandro Sanquirico
1777-1849
A Subterranean Prison
1820
Pen and black ink, with brown-gray wash and green watercolor, on paper.
5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (135 x 169 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:601
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Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower margin, "Carcere Soterraneo".

Provenance: 
Lucien Goldschmidt; acquired in 1960 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names: 

Goldschmidt, Lucien, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

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