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Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)

St Theresa receiving the veil from the Virgin

Red chalk | 24.8 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903254

St Theresa receiving the veil from the Virgin

Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)

St Theresa receiving the veil from the Virgin

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of the Virgin seated on clouds, left, placing a veil on the kneeling St Theresa, centre; a bearded male seated to the right, and clouds of putti and cherubim above. With an arched top to the composition.

Provenance

Probably purchased by Richard Dalton on behalf of George III c.1760; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p. 79: as 'Cantarini')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Saint Teresa

Search the collection Blessed Virgin Mary
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Red chalk

Measurements

24.8 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 3254

K(B) : Kurz, O., 1955, reprinted 1988. Bolognese Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, Italy – K(B) 38

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