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Italian School

16th century

Landscape with a Twice-Pierced Cliff

Pen and brown ink on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink and two parallel lines in pen and brown ink at left edge; laid down on fragment of an old album page.

4 1/16 x 2 1/8 inches (103 x 54 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1984.49:2

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Acquired as Tuscan school ca. 1500.

Provenance:

Earl of Warwick [George Guy Greville, fourth Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), Warwick Castle], (according to János Scholz's records); Hollstein-Rathau (according to János Scholz's records; Hans M. Calmann (1899-1982), London, from whom purchased in 1963 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).

Associated names:

Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Hollstein-Rathau, Sophie von, Countess, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 352.

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