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Italian School
16th century
Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in red chalk.
6 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (171 x 172 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.127
Notes:
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Acquired as Francesco Torbido (called il Moro), Venice 1482/85-1561/2 Verona; the drawing bears an old attribution to "... del Moro".
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, cropped by edge, "[...]o del Moro"; on mount, beneath the drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Torbido, detto il Moro.-"; at lower left, in graphite, "123".
Provenance:
Jan Pietersz Zoomer (1641-1724) (fragment of Lugt 1511 at lower right); Hans M. Calmann (1899 -1982), London, from whom purchased in 1948 (or 1955) by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
Associated names:
Torbido, Francesco, 1486-1546, Possible attribution.
Zoomer, Jan Pietersz, 1641-1724, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
The Life of the Virgin Mary : Drawings from the János Scholz Collection. Notre Dame : Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1967, no. 49.
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