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Italian School
16th century
Female Figure Balancing a Globe or Armillary Sphere on Her Knee with Two Putti and Second Study for Same Figure. Verso: Boy Seated on an Eagle (Ganymede?), Seated Female Figure, and Grotesque Atlantid
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
8 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (227 x 327 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1988.68
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Watermark: Open crown in circle (Briquet 4859-60: Venice, 1443 or Florence, 1471).
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Unidentified collector (fragmentary mark on verso: initials in black rectangle with rounded corners, framed in black); Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (1845-1926; Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (1904-1944; Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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