Copy after Gerolamo Giovenone

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ca. 1488-1555

The Nativity

Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on very thin blue paper.

17 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (441 x 319 mm; maximum dimensions)

Gift of János Scholz.

1993.396

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Watermark: none.
Formerly a presumed copy after a lost painting or drawing by Gaudenzio Ferrari, Valduggia nr. Vercelli, 1475/80-1546 Milan.

Provenance:

Dukes of Savoy, Aosta, Turin (no mark; see Lugt S. 47a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Ferrari, Gaudenzio, approximately 1470-1546, Copy after, Formerly attributed to.
Savoy, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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