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Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)
Mercury with the decapitated Argus(?)
Red chalk, with horizontal lines ruled in pen and ink | 23.0 x 16.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903291
Simone Cantarini (Pesaro 1612-Verona 1648)
Mercury with the decapitated Argus (?)
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A drawing of a seated male figure, left, holding a staff and looking down upon a decapitated(?) body; with indications of a landscape behind. The horizontal lines are probably abandoned squaring for transfer.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III, c.1760; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20 (Inv. A, p.79: as 'School of Guido')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk, with horizontal lines ruled in pen and ink
Measurements
23.0 x 16.8 cm (sheet of paper)
