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Lorenzo Sacchetti
Entrance Gate of a Fortified Town
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, green, red, and, blue watercolor, over graphite, on paper; framing line in graphite.
8 7/8 x 14 9/16 inches (225 x 370 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:559
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Inscribed and numbered at lower right, in pen and gray ink, "N / 125"; numbered in graphite, "10 1/2""; inscribed at upper center, in graphite, "done 13 December 1810".
Provenance:
Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Bibliography:
Theatrical Designs from the Baroque through Neoclassicism. New York : H. Bittner, 1940, v. III, pl. 2.
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