Italian School

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Italian School
16th century
Lute, Shown Lying Horizontally
Pen and dark brown ink on paper.
5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (133 x 200 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1993.222
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Possibly by an instrument maker.

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Watermark: Three stars, of different sizes, in a circle.

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Yakovleff, London [perhaps the artist, Alexandre Yakovleff 1887-1938 ?], from whom purchased in 1964 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993), New York (see Lugt Suppl. 2933b).
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Scholz, János, former owner.

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