Ventura Salimbeni

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Ventura Salimbeni
1568-1613
Seated Nude Boy (Cupid)
Red chalk on laid paper.
6 5/16 x 7 inches (161 x 117 mm)
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
2009.281

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Watermark: concentric circle, divided in half by left edge.
Collectors' mark: Anonymous mark, probably Italian; Lugt Supplement: 2079b.

Inscription: 

Inscribed in lower left corner,in brown ink, "entura Salimbeni"; stamped "CG" in lower left corner; inscribed on verso at top center"; inscribed on verso at top center, "Appartiene ad alessandro / Maggiori il quale lo camprơ / ir Roma l'anno 1775".

Provenance: 
Alessandro Maggiori, Rome 1795; Joseph F. McCrindle, New York (McCrindle collection no. A0922).
Associated names: 

McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.

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