The Descent from the Cross, Gian Antonio Burrini, ca. 1720

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The Descent from the Cross, ca. 1720, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and red wash, over red chalk, 16 7/16 x 11in. ( x ), Drawings, Gian Antonio Burrini (Italian, Bologna 1656–1727 Bologna), The signature blue and gold mount of this drawing indicates it was owned by the French collector and connoisseur Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774), who also attributed this composition to Burrini in the elegant inscription on the cartouche

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