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Alessandro Maganza, Italian 1556-c.1640- Two studies: Study of Saint Anthony studying an open book; and Study of the Prophet Elijah receiving food from a raven; each pen, brown ink, and brown wash on paper, the first signed 'Maganza' (lower left), each 20.5 x 14.7 cm., two (2). Provenance: The Collection of HRH Princess Christina of the Netherlands; Her sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 19 November 1996, lot 71 and 72 respectively. Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley). Note: Maganza was a prominent Mannerist painter, who trained under his father Giovanni Battista Maganza (c.1513-1586) and Giovanni Antonio Fasolo (1530-1572). He is believed to have spent the years 1572-76 in Venice, and his work bears the influence of Venetian painters Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) and Palma il Giovane (1548/50-1628).