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Donato Creti
1671-1749
Head of a Young Woman
Red chalk, with extraneous marks in black chalk, on laid paper.
6 5/8 x 5 1/16 inches (168 x 128 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.90
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Watermark: Ionic . Watermark, beta radiograph. Ionic. 141205wm_1992_90_WM_beta.jpg
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Inscribed on verso at upper left in pen and pale brown ink, "No 4".
Watermark: Letters "IONC".
Provenance:
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Eighteenth Century Italian Drawings, exh. cat. by Janet Cox Rearick, Wellesley College, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 1960, no. 14.
Renato Roli, Donato Creti. 46 disegni inediti, Bologna, 1973, no. 45, repr.
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