Francesco Fontebasso

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Francesco Fontebasso
1707-1769
St. Christopher. Verso: Design for an overdoor with Madonna and child adored by two saints
Pen and brown ink over black crayon on paper.
8 13/16 x 6 5/8 inches (224 x 168 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.419

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Watermark: Three fleur-de-lis, one on chain line, two others below and between chain lines.

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Purchased by Janos Scholz from Lazzarelli in Geneva, ca. 1958; János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Scholz, János, former owner.

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