Giovanni Battista Gaulli

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1639-1709

Studies of Putti

Red chalk on paper prepared with a purple wash on verso.

7 5/8 x 9 13/16 inches (194 x 250 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1993.305

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Inscribed at lower left in pen and black ink, "Baccicio".
Watermark: Rampant lion(?) inside circle surmounted by a crown.

Provenance:

Armand-Francois-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; purchased in 1973 in Aubonne by Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; 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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