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Giuseppe Rolli (1645-1727)

A design for a ceiling decoration

Red chalk, ink and wash | 28.4 x 44.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903576

A design for a ceiling decoration

Giuseppe Rolli (1645-1727)

A design for a ceiling decoration

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A design for a ceiling decoration featuring angels and putti flying within a cupola, carrying palm leaves, and wreaths. Inscribed on the mount: Del Colonna.

Provenance

Probably acquired by George III from the collection of Consul Joseph Smith
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Giuseppe Rolli (1645-1727)
(artist)

Previously attributed to
Search the collection Michelangelo Colonna (c. 1600-87)
(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, ink and wash

Measurements

28.4 x 44.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Angels, demons, devils, saints
Angels
Science, Medicine and Technology
Construction
Structural parts of buildings
Roofs
Cupola
References

Other number(s)

RL 3576

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) 185

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