Giovanni Lanfranco

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Giovanni Lanfranco
1582-1647
Study for a Fallen Angel. Verso: sketch of a reclining nude male
Black chalk, with white chalk, on paper; verso: black chalk.
12 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches (307 x 410 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.130

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Watermark: Letters "CA" in a circle, surmounted by a trefoil.

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Alessandro Maggiori, Faenza and Rome (see Lugt S. 3005b)?; purchased in Rome in 1955 by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Maggiori, Alessandro, 1764-1834, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Italian Drawings from the Collection of János Scholz : a loan exhibition, April 23-June 7, 1964, Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery, 1964, no. 67.

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