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Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
"Original Sin" and "Creation of Eve", after Tintoretto
Pen and brown ink, with light gray wash, on paper.
10 x 7 3/8 inches (255 x 187 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.133
Notes:
The drawing is after passages in two paintings by Jacopo Tintoretto, formerly in the Albergo of the Scuola della Santissima Trinita, Venice, executed ca. 1550-1552. The Scuola was destroyed during the 17th century and the four remaining paintings of the cycle are now in the Accademia, Venice.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Paulo Farinato".
Watermark: Circle, divided, surmounted by pole with three triangular segments attached. Same watermark on 1993. 139. 1993.140, 1993.141
Provenance:
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Tintoretto, 1518-1594, After.
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, p. 30, no. 31.
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