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Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)

A sibyl(?) with a child

Red chalk | 20.9 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903266

Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)

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Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of a woman (a sibyl?), seated holding a tablet, conversing with a child who reaches over her right shoulder; with indications of drapery behind.

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: among '10 Studies by the Scholars of Guido')
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)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Red chalk

Measurements

20.9 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Sibyls (myth)
References

Other number(s)

RL 3266

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) 45

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