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Italian School
Head of a Man Looking Downward
ca. 1525-1535
Black chalk on paper; verso: hatching in red chalk.
4 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches (117 x 94 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.221

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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, 1489?-1534.

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Purchased in London in 1950 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Correggio, 1489?-1534, Formerly attributed to.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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Selected references: Oakland and elsewhere 1956, no. 21 (as Correggio); Bloomington 1958, no. 34 (as Correggio); Milwaukee 1964, no. 15 (as Correggio).
Gilbert, Creighton et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 34, repr.

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