Mattia Preti

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Mattia Preti
1613-1699
St. Sebastian. Verso: Miscellaneous sketches
Black chalk on paper.
13 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (337 x 240 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1981.99

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Watermark: none.
Verso: study of a foot in red chalk; several sketches of heads, in pen and dark brown ink over graphite, one with brown wash over red chalk; and two slight sketches of figures on horseback, in pen and dark brown ink.

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Inscribed at upper right, in pen and black ink, "61"; at lower left, in graphite, "G.C.177"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "27.5 / Caue Calabrese"; on verso, unidentifiable paragraph.

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 102, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 291-292.

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