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Four Studies for "Scudi"

(American, 1921–2006)
1958
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink on cream laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 30.2 x 22.2 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Virginia Herrick Deknatel
Accession number1997.198
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned in black ink, u. r.: June 1958. inscribed in black ink next to a tiny arrow pointing to the study at l. l.: Sculpture in wax finished end of July (artist's note on invoice indicates that this study was the one used for the final bronze). Various inscriptions on verso: No. 1341 HADZI / Sculpture Studies (scudi) / June 1958 / pen and ink / 12/25 x 8.75 (written in graphite, u. l.); no (written in blue crayon in the areas corresponsding with the three studies not used on the recto); and other miscellaneous inscriptions.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased by MFA November 1997.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
Landscape with Trees and Rocks
Johann Christian Reinhart
1804
Architectural Design (Piazza with Open Colonnade)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
The  Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
Anonymous, Italian (Venetian), 18th century
late 18th century
Battle Scene
Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
The Guardian Angel
Pietro Novelli (Il Monrealese)
early 17th century
Abraham and the Angels
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
17th century
Giuseppe Ortolano
Pier Leone Ghezzi
early 18th century
Black and Grey
Dimitri Hadzi
1991