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Paolo Gerolamo Piola

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Paolo Gerolamo Piola
1666-1724
Two studies of Two Female Saints, One Holding a Jar [Mary Magdalen?], Giving Coins to a Seated Turbaned Man
Black chalk on paper.
11 7/16 x 8 3/16 inches (291 x 211 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.361
Inscription: 

Inscribed at bottom center, in graphite, "80".

Provenance: 
Putnam Book Store, New York, from whom purchased in 1938 by Janos Scholz, New York (Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

The Life of Christ : Drawings from the Janos Scholz Collection : Italian Drawings from the 16th through the 18th Century. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1964, no 53 (as Holy Women Buying Ointments).

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Piola, Paolo Gerolamo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints