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Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
A bearded male figure, full length 1625-29
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grey-green paper | 36.5 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 900703
Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
A bearded male figure, full length 1625-29
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A drawing of a male figure, full length, standing to left; looking upwards; wearing a cope.
This is an early study connected with the development of the pose of St Petronius 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.
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'.
There are 34 sheets of studies at Windsor connected with this painting.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 grey-green paper
Measurements
36.5 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 703Alternative title(s)
The Madonna and Child with SS John the Evangelist and Petronius
