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Andrea Sacchi
1599?-1661
A Kneeling Woman Reaching for a Male Saint. Verso: Studies of three figures
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on laid paper.
10 x 7 5/16 inches (257 x 186 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1988.118
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Inscribed at lower right corner of mount, in pen and black ink, "D"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "voltri foglio"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "D." and "volti foglio".
Watermark: Flower with seven petals and curled stem.

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Armand-Francois-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; purchased in Aubonne in 1973 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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Sacchi, Andrea
School: 
Italian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints