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The Martyrdom Of Saint Paul, The Porta San Paolo Beyond With The Arms Of Pius V (1566-1572) And The Pyramid Of Caius Cestius In The Background by 
																	Avanzino Nucci

Avanzino Nucci

( Italian, 1551 - 1629 )

The Martyrdom Of Saint Paul, The Porta San Paolo Beyond With The Arms Of Pius V (1566-1572) And The Pyramid Of Caius Cestius In The Background

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Materials:

pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk for transfer

Measurements:

13.03 in. (33.10 cm.) (height) by 10.94 in. (27.80 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

bears inscription in black chalk, lower centre: Santi di Tito, bears numbering in pen and brown ink, lower right: 88

Exhibited:

Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Mr. Richard Gatty, May-June 1954, no. 60 (as Santi di Tito); Newcastle, 1964, no. 34 (as Italian School, third quarter of the 16th Century); Newcastle, 1974, no. 31 (as Avanzino Nucci); London, 1975, no. 21 (as ?Avanzino Nucci); Newcastle, 1982, no. 47 (as Roman School c. 1565-75)

Literature:

R. Holland, 'Letters to the Editors,' Master Drawings, VII, no. 4, 1969, p. 435, pl. 39;; Clifford, 1974, p. 354

Provenance:

William F. Webb and his daughter, Lady Cheamside,; by descent to Richard Gatty, Pepper Arden, Northallerton, Yorkshire,; his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 18 March 1959, part of lot 75 (as Genovese School, 16th Century), purchased by Ralph Holland

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