Anton Arrigoni

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Anton Arrigoni

1788-1851

A Villa in a Park

Graphite pencil, with black ink, on paper.

9 x 15 3/4 inches (230 x 400 mm)

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

1982.75:26

Notes:

This drawing is comprised of six sheets cut out and superimposed on top of each other (the last sheet is blank and glued to the fifth one). The top sheet is stained with green and pink watercolor.

Inscription:

First sheet (top layer): numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 1".
Second sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 2"; inscribed in pencil at center left, "Coulisse"; also in pencil at center right, "Coulisse".
Third sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 5".
Fourth sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 6"; inscribed in brown ink at upper right, "Gatt".
Fifth sheet: numbered in pencil at lower left, "No. 7".
Inscribed on verso of sixth (last) sheet, at lower right, "Institores [?]".

Provenance:

Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (no mark; see Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.

Associated names:

Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

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