Italian School

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Italian School
16th century
Boy Being Helped by Another up a Hillside, where are Seated Athena and the Three Graces(?)
Black chalk on paper; framing lines in graphite.
9 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (231 x 334 mm)
Gift of Mr. John F. Fleming.
1971.17
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Possible attribution to Joseph Heintz, Basel 1564-1609 Prague.

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Watermark: Eagle in a circle surmounted by an open crown.

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John F. Fleming, New York.
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Anonymous, French School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, German School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Heintz, Joseph, 1564-1609, Possible attribution.
Fleming, John F. (John Francis), 1910- former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 108.

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