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Artist: Pietro Antonio de Pietri (Attributed to) (Italian, 1663-1716)

Medium: black chalk on paper

Dimensions: 10 3/16 in. x 7 7/8 in. (25.9 cm. x 20 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III

Accession Number: 1811.27.a.&.b

• "Pietro de Petri"
  Type: inscription
  Location: verso of old mount (lost)
  Materials: pen and ink
• anchor in circle, six-pointed star above
  Type: watermark
  Location:
  Materials:

• James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College
  • ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The attribution is probably correct, though not to the artist's credit. The subject was very popular within the Maratti school.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College (Brunswick: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art, 1985).