Benedetto Gennari

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Benedetto Gennari
1633-1715
Reclining Woman and Child
Pen and brown ink, with light and dark gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines along bottom edge in pen and brown ink, partial framing lines along top and right edge in pen and gray ink; fold lines visible on verso.
7 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (190 x 205 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1992.118

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Watermark: none.

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Inscribed on verso near upper left in pen and gray ink, "Benedetto Genari".

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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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. 71.

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