Domenico Fossati

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Domenico Fossati
1743-1784
Left Half of a Circular Hall. Verso: vaulted scene in perspective
Pen and brown ink, with gray-brown wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink; verso: pen and brown ink.
7 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches (182 x 184 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:219

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Inscribed at lower edge in pen and brown ink, "Tempio di Marte per l'Opera Gaio Mario, 1784".

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Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt and Vienna (Lugt S. 1804a); by descent to Marianne Fajt, Eisenstadt (see Lugt S. 1804a); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); acquired in 1951 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
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Mayr, Michael, 1796-1870, former owner.
Fájt, Marianne, d. ca. 1955, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.

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