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Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Burrini (1656-1727)
St Roch appearing to victims of the plague c.1700
Pen and ink with wash over red chalk | 29.8 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903749
Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Burrini (1656-1727)
St Roch appearing to victims of the plague c.1700
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The saint appears in a cloud of angels above a townscape with plague victims in the foreground. D. Miller (Burlington Magazine, CXXVI, 1985, pp. 776-9) attributed the drawing to Gionima; but the style is that of Burrini (M. Clayton).
Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with wash over red chalk
Measurements
29.8 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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