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Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)

Two unidentified personifications

Red chalk and brown wash | 18.0 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903572

Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)

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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 two figures, a man holding a book with his right arm extended, and a veiled woman with a pair of compasses, standing in front of a circular temple.

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.20: among 49 drawings 'Mostly of Canuti...')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)
(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 and brown wash

Measurements

18.0 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Philosophy & Psychology
Philosophy
Allegory
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
Non-Christian religious architecture
Temples
References

Other number(s)

RL 3572

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) 55

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