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Italian School
16th century
Study of a Veiled Woman with Arms Crossed, Kneeling in Adoration (with additional drapery study and other indications). Verso: two studies of a standing figure
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk; verso: pen and gray-brown ink, and fragment of a sketch, in pen and brown ink.
8 3/16 x 5 11/16 inches (207 x 144 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.69
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Description:
The drawing entered the collection as by Ludovico Carracci.
Notes:
Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Lodovico Carracci, 1555-1619.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Ludovico"; remains of inscription at upper right, erased.
Provenance:
Possibly Giovanni Piancastelli (1845-1926), Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward (1857-1933) and Mary Brandegee (1871-1956), Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (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:
Selected references: Oakland and elsewhere 1957, no. 29.
Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 29.
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