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Description: Laid down. Inscribed at lower left in pen and grey ink: "Maffei". This attribution goes back to Bartsch and appears to be fully justified. There is in fact only one drawing that can be attributed to Maffei´s late activity with greater probability, namely "The Apostle with a book" in Museo Civico, Bassano, published by Magagnato and accepted by Ivanoff and Pignatti. It in turn is strongly linked to the figures of apotles in "Ascent of the Virgin", dateable to 1657-60 (earlier in Oratoria delle Zitelli, today in the museum in Vicenza.)

This means that our sheet in all probability can be dated to the same period owing to the striking agreement in style, not only the technical linework but also the impression of a movement from left to right that is common to both sheets. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 137]

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