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Attributed to Donato Creti
1671-1749
Study of a Tree
Pen and brown ink on laid paper; pen and brown ink and black chalk trials at lower right; verso: pen trials and chalk marks.
7 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (186 x 238 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.96
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Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, "D / Donato Cretti fece".
Watermark: Unidentified rampant animal inside oval.
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Armand-Francois-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; purchased in Aubonne in 1973 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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