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Fedele Fischetti
1734-1789
Tancred Attempts to Enter the Forest
Pen and black ink and wash, watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
12 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches (308 x 384 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1994.16
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Watermark: Pro Patria. Rampant lion holding sword and wheat sheaves, inside fence with armored figure holding staff.
Watermark: Countermark: C & I Honig.

Provenance: 
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names: 

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

Bibliography: 

One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 34.

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Fischetti, Fedele
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints