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Pietro da Cortona
1596-1669
The Birth of the Virgin
Pen and brown ink on laid paper.
7 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches (190 x 162 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1985.81
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Study for the painting commissioned for the Chiesa Nuova in Perugia, now in the Pinacoteca, Perugia, dated 1643.
Inscription:
Inscribed on old mount in pen and brown ink, "Pietro da Cortona".
Provenance:
Nathaniel Hone, London (Lugt 2793); Dr. Max A. Goldstein, St. Louis (possibly a fragment of his mark; see Lugt 2824); Julius Weitzner, New York; János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784, former owner.
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Weitzner, Julius, -1986, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 318.
Scholz, Janos, and Dean A. Porter. János Scholz, Musician and Collector. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1980, no. 156, repr.
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