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After Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)
The Apotheosis of St Domenic and St Sisto c. 1675-1700
Red chalk on discoloured paper | 27.5 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903632
After Domenico Maria Canuti (1620-84)
903632.jpg c. 1675-1700
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A drawing of a saint, seen from below, assisted heavenward by an angel and apparently stepping on the heads of cherubs. Corresponds with the group on the extreme left of Canuti's fresco of the Glory of Saints Domenico and Sisto, in the eponymous church, Rome. In the fresco the cherubs' heads are omitted. Probably a copy after Canuti's original drawing.
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...')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk on discoloured paper
Measurements
27.5 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 3632Alternative title(s)
Angels and cherubs
