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After Andrea Mantegna
1431-1506
Bacchanal with a Wine Vat. Verso: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man; a Right and Left Arm
ca. 1500
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso; black chalk.
11 x 16 3/8 inches (282 x 416 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1981.86
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After Andrea Mantegna, Isola di Carturo 1431-1506 Mantua
The drawing is a copy of a print by Mantegna (Bartsch, vol. 13, p. 240, no. 19; TIB, vol. 25, no. 19, repr.).
Copy after the engraving (Hind, Early Italian Engraving, 1948, no. 491).
Inscription:
Illegible marks at left center, in pen and brown ink.
Watermark: Bird within circle (Briquet 12204: Italian ca. 1480-1495).
Provenance:
Richard Cosway, London (1740-1821; Lugt 629); Dr. Max A. Goldstein, St. Louis (1870-1941; no mark; 2924); from whom purchased in 1948 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Anonymous, Italian School, 15th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, former owner.
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 31, 34 (repr.)
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