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Prospero Fontana
1512-1597
Minerva Directing Vulcan
ca. 1564-1567
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor (partially oxidized), over black chalk, on blue paper.
9 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches (238 x 117 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.109
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Provenance:
Spencer, London (according to Janos Scholz's records); from whom purchased in 1936/8? by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Selected references: Indianapolis 1954, no. 34; Oakland and elsewhere 1957, no. 59; Notre Dame and Binghamton 1970, 75, no. D10; Härb 2001, 583, note 24.
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 59.
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