Attributed to Donato Creti

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Attributed to Donato Creti
1671-1749
Hermit Saint in a Landscape, Reading a Book, with Two Putti Above
Pen and brown ink on paper. Laid down on old mount.
9 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches (244 x 174 mm)
Gift of H.P. Kraus.
1961.60
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The drawing was acquired as by Donato Creti, an attribution probably first made by James Byam Shaw (pencil note on mount) and which has much to support it.
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italian School, 17th cent.

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Inscribed on old mount in pen and black ink, "Titiano"; on verso of old mount in graphite at lower center, "Coll. Sir Jos[hua] Reynolds"; at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Apell / Aug: 71. / T[?]hi"; at lower left and right in graphite, "368"; on fragments of old mount in pencil, "Feb.(?) [crossed out]"; "MARCO / Ricci?? M / VRU.(?)"; "Donato Creti / JBS"; "5". Stamped at lower left with collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Stamped on fragment of old mount, "30[b in superscript and underlined]". Unidentified collector's stamp on verso of old mount.

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Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (Lugt 2364 and Lugt Suppl. 3016a); H. P. Kraus (1907-1988), Vienna and New York.
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Anonymous, Italian School, 17th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Titian, approximately 1488-1576, Formerly attributed to.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.

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