Giuseppe Marchesi

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Giuseppe Marchesi
1699-1771
Study for an Altarpiece: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Point of brush and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
12 1/16 x 8 7/8 inches (306 x 225 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.134

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Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Giuseppe Marchesi".

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Armand-Francois-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; Reichlen Gallery, Lausanne, from whom purchased in 1957 by János Scholz (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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