Carlo Saraceni

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Carlo Saraceni
1579-1620
Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over red chalk, on paper.
8 1/8 x 5 7/16 inches (206 x 139 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.90
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Study of the painting in the Museo Diocesano, Gaeta.

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Inscribed at lower center of mount, in pen and brown ink, "84"; on verso of mount, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "1847. Dr ["r" in superscript] ?Cramers Sale Oxford".

Provenance: 
Unidentified collector, Genoa (see Lugt S. 3005f); Dr. Cramer's sale, Oxford, 1847; János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Cramer, Dr., former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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