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Italian School
17th cent
Three-quarter-length Study of a Woman Holding a Bundle. Verso: fragmentary study of a hand holding a piece of cloth
Black chalk, with lead white chalk, on blue paper (faded to gray); verso: black chalk.
9 3/8 x 7 1/16 inches (237 x 179 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.83
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Formerly attributed to Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Cavedon"; also inscribed at lower left, illegible fragment.
Watermark: Unidentified, possibly a bird.
Provenance:
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); acquired in Zurich in 1949 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Cavedone, Giacomo, 1577-1660, Formerly attributed to.
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 36.
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