Circle of Vittore Carpaccio

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Circle of Vittore Carpaccio
1455?-1525?
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
ca. 1500-1520
Pen and brown ink on paper.
4 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches (117 x 117 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1980.52
Notes: 

Formerly attributed to Vittore Carpaccio, Venice 1460-6?-1525-6 Venice.

Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso, at center, in red ink, "44".
Watermark: Flower with seven petals (cf. Briquet II, 6560. Vercelli, 1473; 6561. Strasbourg, 1473).

Provenance: 
Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863), Milan (Lugt 1223); sale, Fischer, Lucerne, 19 October 1946, repr. in cat.; Böhler, Lucerne, from whom purchased in 1951 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
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Associated names: 

Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?, Formerly attributed to.
Vallardi, Giuseppe, 1784-1861, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Grassi 1956, 107, n. 19, no. 65; Pignatti 1957, 386; Venice 1957, no. 8; Bloomington 1958, no. 9; Oakland and San Francisco 1959, no. 17; Hagerstown 1960-61, no. 2; Staten Island 1961, no. 2; Paris and elsewhere 1962, 34, no. 32; Pignatti 1963, 48; New Haven 1964, no. 5; Los Angeles and elsewhere 1967-68, no. 11; Norton 1971, no. 4; Scholz 1976, no. 16; Muraro 1977, 65-66, no. 136; Ruggeri 1979, 19-20, no. 8; Notre Dame 1980, no. 134; Fellows Report 1981, 182-83.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 182-183.
Scholz, CRIA, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, 1967-1968, no. 10 (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions).

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Carpaccio, Vittore
School: 
Italian
Century: 
15th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints