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Pietro della Vecchia
1602 or 3-1678
Allegory of Poverty
Pen and brown ink and wash, on laid paper; corners cut diagonally lined to old mount.
7 7/8 x 11 9/16 inches (200 x 293 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1987.41
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower-left center, in pen and brown ink, "Piero Vecchia"; at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Piero Vechia[sic]"; and at lower right of mount, in pen and black ink, "Piero Vecchio No[o superscript] I".
Provenance:
William Bateson, London (Lugt S. 2604a); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Bateson, William, 1861-1926, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 93.
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