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Giovanni Battista Lama

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Giovanni Battista Lama
ca. 1660-1748
Two Figures in a Landscape, one Holding a Mirror, with Putti; verso: Figures Figting, fragment.
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink and red chalk.
5 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches (137 x 201 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.260
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Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

In the Shadow of Vesuvius : Neapolitan Drawings from the Collection of Janos Scholz. New York : Finch College Museum of Art, 1969, no. 42, repr.

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Lama, Giovanni Battista
School: 
Italian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints