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Francesco Simonini
1686-1753
Cavalry Battle outside of a Walled Town with a Roman Gate
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over graphite, on paper.
11 5/16 x 17 7/8 inches (289 x 454 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1983.41
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, in black chalk, "Simonini f(?) 16".
Provenance:
Italico Brass, Venice; János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Brass, Italico, 1870-1943, 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. 71.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 300.
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