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Italian School
16th century
Lute, in Perspective, and its Shadow
ca. 1500
Pen and dark brown ink, gray wash, on paper.
3 7/8 x 3 1/8 inches (98 x 79 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.223
Description:
One of two perspectival drawings of lutes in the Morgan’s collection.1
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- For the other, see Morgan Library & Museum, New York, inv. 1993.222.
Notes:
One of two drawings of lutes in the collection of the Morgan Library; see 1993.222.
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Watermark: Trefoil, fragment of larger watermark.
Provenance:
Savoia-Aosta, Turin; Dukes of Savoy, Turin and by descent to Tommaso Alberto Vittorio di Savoia-Genova (1854-1931), 12th Duke of Genova, Turin (L. 47a); (Lugt Suppl. 47a); Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Savôia-Aôsta, Dukes of, former owner.
Savoia-Genova, Tommaso di, 1854-1931, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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