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Santo Piati
approximately 1687-1747
The Annunciation
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on laid paper; framing line in black ink.
14 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (371 x 225 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1987.75
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Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Piatti"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Piatti"; numbered and inscribed variously in graphite.
Watermark: Letters "PA" with trefoil on stick below letters.
Provenance:
Unidentified Viennese collector (Lugt 2111); Anton Schmid, Vienna (Lugt S. 2330b); Mathias Komor, New York (Lugt 1882a); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Associated names:
Schmid, Anton, 1904-1991, former owner.
Komor, Mathias, 1909-1984, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Venetian Drawings, 1600-1800. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Berkeley : Gillick, 1960, no. 56, repr.
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