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Recto: A woman's head, turned to the left. Verso: a left and a right foot c. 1635-41
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on buff paper | 21.1 x 14.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 900196

Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
Recto: A woman's head, turned to the left. Verso: a left and a right foot c. 1635-41

Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
Recto: A woman's head, turned to the left. Verso: a left and a right foot c. 1635-41


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Recto: a drawing of the head of a woman, turned to the left, and tilted upwards. Verso: a drawing of a left foot; a drawing of a right foot. The drawing on the recto is a study for the head of the figure of Faith in the lower right area of S. Gennaro is received by Christ, one of the frescoes in the pendentives of the Cappella del Tesoro, in the Duomo, Naples. The drawings on the verso are studies for the feet of the figure of Hope on the left of the same fresco.
There are three sheets of studies at Windsor, preparatory to the figure of Faith in this fresco: RCINs 900196, 900466 and 901208.
Domenichino painted four frescoes in the pendentives of the Cappella del Tesoro in the Duomo, in Naples. To the left of the entrance: The Virgin intercedes with Christ on behalf of the City of Naples. To the right of the entrance: S. Gennaro intercedes with Christ on behalf of the City of Naples. On the left of the high altar: S. Gennaro is received by Christ. On the right of the high altar: S. Gennaro as Protector of the City of Naples.
Payments were made for The Virgin intercedes with Christ on behalf of the city of Naples and S. Gennaro as Protector of the City of Naples respectively on 25th November 1633, and 27th July 1635. In style the pendentive of S. Gennaro is recieved by Christ clearly belongs to the last years of Domenichino's activity in Naples prior to his death in 1641.Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Raspantino; Carlo Maratti, after 1664; from whom purchased by Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew, Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on buff paper
Measurements
21.1 x 14.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 196Alternative title(s)
S. Gennaro is received by Christ