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Pier Francesco Cittadini (1613/16-81)
Huntsmen in a landscape
Pen and ink with wash | 19.9 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903514
Pier Francesco Cittadini (1613/16-81)
Huntsmen in a landscape
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A drawing of an undulating landscape, dotted with buildings, with three mounted huntsmen discussing tactics in the left foreground; with running figures and hounds joining the hunt from the right, in the middle distance.
There is an indecipherable inscription on the back of this sheet.Provenance
Probably acquired by George III from the collection of Consul Joseph Smith, c.1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20 (Inventory A, p.116: 'Paesi di Maestri Bolognese'; '8 of Millanese, the Scholar of Guido')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with wash
Measurements
19.9 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper)
