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Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
A male figure, half length, holding a book c. 1608-10
Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper | 26.7 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 900983
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A drawing of a male figure, half length, turned three quarters to the left with a book in the left hand; wearing a monk's habit; the head lightly indicated.
This is one of the 75 drawings in the Royal Collection which relate to the frescoes in the abbey church of Santa Maria, Grottaferrata, representing episodes from the lives of the founders, Saints Nilus and Bartholomew. This drawing was perhaps made in connection with the fresco of St Gregory Nazianzen.
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 on blue paper
Measurements
26.7 x 21.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 983Alternative title(s)
St Gregory Nazianzen
Scenes from the legend of St Nilus and St Bartholomew
The building of the Abbey of Grottaferrata
