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Attributed to Ventura Salimbeni
1568-1613
The Birth of the Virgin
Pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white, over black chalk, on paper.
14 13/16 x 11 3/4 inches (376 x 298 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1986.102
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Watermark: three linked circles with letters(?)
Inscription:
Numbered on verso in black chalk, "28"; superimposed over that, in brush and brown ink, "N 108"; in pen and brown ink, "28".
Provenance:
Art market, Germany; John Hardy, London, 1970; János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Hardy, John, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989, p. 377.
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