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Mauro Gandolfi
1764-1834
A Seated Satyr Viewed from the Side
Red and brown chalk on paper.
10 7/16 x 11 inches (265 x 280 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.114
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Watermark: illegible letters with quatrefoil in bounding line.

Inscription: 

Inscribed near lower center, in pen and brown ink, "M. G."; on verso at lower left from top to bottom, "No 78._ / G(with paraph)"; other pen lines on verso at lower right.

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see 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: 

Neumeyer, Alfred, and Janos Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 67.

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Gandolfi, Mauro
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints