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Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)
Perseus and Andromeda
Red chalk and brown wash with blackened white heightening, on discoloured paper | 39.0 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903621
Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)
Perseus and Andromeda
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A drawing of Perseus slaying the sea monster, lower right; with Andromeda standing centre left; with two river gods reclining to the left and right; with a group of female figures among trees above. Inscribed on the mount: Del Canuti.
This and the previous drawing, RCIN 903620, are designs for fountains comparable to the Fontaine des Muses and the Fontaine de Persée et d'Andromède designed by Charles Lebrun.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...')
(Inv.A, p.20: among 49 drawings 'Mostly of Canuti...')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk and brown wash with blackened white heightening, on discoloured paper
Measurements
39.0 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
