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Lorenzo Sacchetti

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Lorenzo Sacchetti
A Palace Courtyard with an Archway Leading to a Circular Piazza. Verso: thumbnail sketch of the scene with a description in Sacchetti's hand
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite, on paper ; verso: pen and brown ink.
8 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches (205 x 236 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:572
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Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "questo e l'arco di groteschi g[...]ito / le f[...inanzi agr[...]i bagni".

Provenance: 
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (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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Sacchetti, Lorenzo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints