Francesco Vanni

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Francesco Vanni

1563-1610

Scenes from the Life of St. Catherine of Siena. Verso: Two studies of a half-length male nude

Black chalk on blue laid paper; red chalk trials at lower left; verso: black chalk, with white chalk.

10 15/16 x 8 3/8 inches (277 x 212 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1986.110

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The two studies on the verso are preliminary for the seated man at the lower left in the Miracle of St. Catherine of 1596 in S. Domenico, Siena.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso at upper left corner in pen and brown ink, "del. Vani".
Watermark: Circle, fragment.

Provenance:

Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceloari (no mark; see under Lugt S. 2990a-g); Dukes of Savoy, Aosta, Turin (no mark; see Lugt S. 47a); art market, Zurich, 1949; Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

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Associated names:

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Savoy, Aosta, Turin, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Drawings from Tuscany and Umbria, 1350-1700. Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley. Berkeley : Gillick, 1961, no. 95.
Italienische Meisterzeichnungen vom 14. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert aus amerikanischem Besitz : Die Sammlung János Scholz, New York. Hamburg : H. Christians, 1963, no. 166.
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 66, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 385.

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