Sisto Badalocchio

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Sisto Badalocchio

b. 1585

Group of Nuns Kneeling in Prayer

Pen and brown ink and wash, and gray-brown wash, over red chalk, on laid paper.

7 7/16 x 9 9/16 inches (188 x 243 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1992.49

Notes:

Watermark: unidentified fragment.

Provenance:

Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon, Paris (Lugt 779); unidentified collector (mark at lower left); Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (see Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825, former owner.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Neumeyer, Alfred, and János Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 6.

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