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Pietro Righini
1683-1742
Interior of a Prison Facing a Circular Courtyard
Pen and brown ink on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.
7 5/8 x 11 inches (194 x 279 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:539
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A sketch for an engraving, probably depicting ruins of the Palace of the Inquisition in Madrid, for the Milan Opera.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Anteriore d'un Seralio di Fiere".
Provenance:
Brera Academy, Milan; Giuseppe Gibelli; his grandson Robert A. Baldini; Richard P. Wunder, Washington, D.C.; from whom acquired in 1964 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Gibelli, Giuseppe, former owner.
Baldini, Robert A., former owner.
Wunder, Richard P., former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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