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Moretto da Brescia
1498?-1554
Virgin and Child Above, Adored by Four Male Saints
1550
Black and white chalk, on blue paper.
16 7/16 x 10 15/16 inches (418 x 278 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1988.1
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Watermark: none.
Design for the altarpiece of "Virgin and Child Adored by SS. Faustino, Martino, and Giovita" in the parish church of Sarezzo, ca. 1550.
Acquired as Moretto da Brescia.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso at upper left in black chalk and gone over in pen and brown ink, "Moreto da Brescia".
Provenance:
Moscardo family (no mark; see under Lugt S. 2990a-g); Marquis de Calceolari, Verona (according to Scholz records); purchased in Zurich in 1949 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
Associated names:
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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