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Martino Altomonte
1657-1745
Study for an Altarpiece: A Saint Resuscitates a Child
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over graphite, on paper.
13 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (343 x 225 mm)
Gift of Margot Gordon.
2001.15
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Inscribed on old mount, in pen and brown ink, "Martino Altamonte / (irgend[lief?] Hohenberg) geb: Neapel 1657 gest: Linz anno 1745".
Watermark: Cross-shaped flower, inside double circle with letters "L" "D" "M" "II" in outer ring, alternating with quatrefoils.

Provenance: 
Margot Gordon, New York.
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Associated names: 

Gordon, Margot, former owner.

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Altomonte, Martino
School: 
Austrian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints