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Studio of Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
An angel playing a flute c. 1630-50
Red chalk on white paper | 24.7 x 16.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 900565
Studio of Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
An angel playing a flute c. 1630-50
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A drawing of a seated figure, full length, playing a flute. This is probably a studio copy based on a discarded study by Domenichino, connected with the angel playing a flute to the left of the Virgin in The Madonna and Child with St John the Evangelist and St Petronius, commissioned for the Bolognese Church of St John the Evangelist and St Petronius, in Rome; now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome. See also RCIN 900562, RCIN 900753.
In his biography of Domenichino, Giovan Pietro Bellori includes this altarpiece among the works executed before the painter's departure for Naples in 1631. It was commissioned during the Holy Year of 1625, and delivered in 1629. The Francesco Raspantino inventory lists a 'charitone della Madonna del quadro de Bolognesi', and 26 'disegni del quadro della chiesa de Bolognesi'.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
Red chalk on white paper
Measurements
24.7 x 16.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 565
