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Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto) Two Sketches of a Mother and Child (verso)

16th century

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Anonymous

Germany (or Netherlands), 16th century

Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk

Sheet: 30.7 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1966.169

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: Apollo chi scortica Marzia ; center, in graphite: 19

Provenance
Mrs. M. M .Wells, Sheffield
Christies, sale, 1958
Sotheby 21/6/12? (from old mat, according to departmental catalog sheet). Mrs. M. M. Wells, Sheffield (CMA Bulletin, Sept. 1966, p. 281, no. 79); [her sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1958, lot 172 (xerox of catalogue in departmental file)]. [Richardo Espiritu Santo, Lisbon? (according to letter of 28 Dec. 1965 from Henry Norweb to Henry Francis in departmental file)]; Mrs. R. Henry Norweb
Exhibition history

The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

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