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A COMPARABLE DRAWING, ATTRIBUTED TO DE MATTEIS BY WALTER VITZTHUM, IS IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO, D. MCTAVISH ET. AL., THE ARTS OF ITALY IN TORONTO COLLECTIONS 1300-1800, 1982, NO.98, ILLUSTRATED
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PAOLO DE MATTEIS* (1662-1728)
ANGELS REVEALING AN IMAGE OF THE MADONNA TO A KNEELING CARDINAL SAINT POINTING TO A CITY BEYOND
WITH INSCRIPTION 'P. DE MATTEIS'; BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH
8 7/8 X 6½IN. (226 X 166MM.)
ANGELS REVEALING AN IMAGE OF THE MADONNA TO A KNEELING CARDINAL SAINT POINTING TO A CITY BEYOND
WITH INSCRIPTION 'P. DE MATTEIS'; BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH
8 7/8 X 6½IN. (226 X 166MM.)