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Anonymous (17th cent., Italian school).
(The Holy Virgin and Child confirming Saint Roch as the patron saint for plague victims, below a putto scaring off a woman a with a torch).
Drawing, brush/ pen and brown ink, 23x16,8 cm.
- Heavily soiled w. mould spots; corners repaired
= Perhaps an allegory in which Faith chases the plague away. With attribution on recto "caracio". On verso a partial attribution to "Lanfra(....)" (G. Lanfranco?) and manuscript collector's (?) mark with remnant wax seal "de Paolo (?)avonaso" in pen and ink. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
€ (300-500) 300