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Mary Newcome Schleier kindly suggests the attribution to Gagliardo and points out that the sheet is related to a group of drawings formerly attributed to Cambiaso, Valerio Castello, Benso and Paggi
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BARTOLOMEO GAGLIARDO, IL SPAGNOLETIO* (1555-circa 1626)
Saint Francis in Prayer in front of a Crucifix (recto); An Evangelist writing at a Desk (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
7 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (180 x 166mm.)
Saint Francis in Prayer in front of a Crucifix (recto); An Evangelist writing at a Desk (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
7 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (180 x 166mm.)