Paolo Farinati

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Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
Group of Surprised Figures, Apostles?
ca. 1565
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on blue paper.
13 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (336 x 276 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.143

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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Inscribed at lower right, in pen and dark brown ink, "Paulo farinato"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "N ̊10".

Provenance: 
Unidentified collector (Lugt 2908); N.F. Haym, London (Lugt 1972); Peter Sylvester, London (Lugt 2875 and 2108); Sir Peter Lely, London (Lugt 2092); Nicholas Lanier, London (Lugt 2886); Dr. Max A. Goldstein, St. Louis (Lugt 2824); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Haym, Nicola Francesco, former owner.
Sylvester, Peter, d. 1718, former owner.
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Lanier, Nicholas, 1588-1666, former owner.
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

The Life of Christ : Drawings from the János Scholz Collection : Italian Drawings from the 16th through the 18th Century. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1964., no. 22.

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