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Italian School
16th century
Lute, in Perspective, and its Shadow
ca. 1500
Pen and dark brown ink, gray wash, on paper.
3 7/8 x 3 1/8 inches (98 x 79 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.223
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One of two drawings of lutes in the collection of the Morgan Library; see 1993.222.
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Savoia-Aosta, Turin; Dukes of Savoy, Turin and by descent to Tommaso Alberto Vittorio di Savoia-Genova (1854-1931), 12th Duke of Genova, Turin (L. 47a); (Lugt Suppl. 47a); Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
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Savôia-Aôsta, Dukes of, former owner.
Savoia-Genova, Tommaso di, 1854-1931, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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