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Italian school

16th century

Sculptor Chiseling a Column in a Landscape with a Temple in the Distance

Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on light brown paper, varnished.

7 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (197 x 245 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1992.70

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Lodovico Carracci, 1555-1619.

Provenance:

Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 32.
Builders and Humanists. The Renaissance Popes as Patrons of the Arts, exh. cat. by Raymond Marcel et. al., University of St. Thomas Art Department, Houston, 1966, 66, no. 17, repr.

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