Attributed to Fra Paolino

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Attributed to Fra Paolino

1488-1547

Assumption of the Virgin

Black chalk, with traces of white, on paper washed with red chalk; verso: paper washed with red chalk.

8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (222 x 162 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1986.87

Notes:

Watermark: none.
Three other versions of this composition are known; two are in Munich (inv. nos. 2158-59) and the third is in the Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna.
Formerly attributed to Fra Bartolomeo, Florence 1472-1517 Florence.

Inscription:

Printed in black ink on a separate piece of paper pasted to verso of drawing, "24".

Provenance:

Alfredo Viggiano, Venice (1884-1948; Lugt S. 191a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517, Formerly attributed to.
Viggiano, Alfredo, 1884-1948, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 19.
Four Centuries of Italian Drawings from the Scholz Collection. Hagerstown, Md. : Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1960, no. 7.
Scholz, Janos, and Dean A. Porter. János Scholz, Musician and Collector. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1980, no. 144.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 369-370.

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