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Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628- Forlì
1719)
Battle scene (St Michael appearing to the Sipontini Lombards in battle against the Saracens) 1665
Red chalk and brown and red washes | 36.0 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903628
Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628- Forlì 1719)
903628.jpg 1665
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A drawing of a battle scene, a horseman to the left spearing a fallen foe below; with another horseman, summarily indicated, about to throw his spear; with sketchy forms to the right. Oval composition. This is a study for Cignani's fresco in San Michele in Bosco, Bologna, documented to 1665. Inscribed on the verso: del Sig. Cav[...] Cignani.
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, about a fifth part of Franchesino. at the end of the Volume two or three of Gio: Giuseppe del Sole, and some Scholars of Carlo Cignani')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk and brown and red washes
Measurements
36.0 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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