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Deucalion and Pyrrha c. 1660-1700
Dark brown, red, blue, and white oil paint on paper | 26.8 x 38.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903843
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A drawing of a man and a woman, both holding lumps of stone, standing before an altar with a herm leaning on it; on the ground around them lie broken pieces of sculpted figures This is a free variant of RCIN 904033. The figures in the foreground have been misunderstood, and turned into meaningless fragments of sculpture. The subject of RCIN 904033, 904062, 903843 and 903963 is Deucalion and Pyrrha's recreation of man after the Flood by throwing stones over their backs, which were transformed into the human beings (Ovid, Metamorphoses.I). These drawings are connected with paintings by Castiglione in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, and in the Denver Art Museum.
Provenance
Probably Carlo II and Fernandino-Carlo Gonzaga, 9th and 10th Dukes of Mantua; Zaccaria Sagredo; from whose heirs purchased by Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice, 1752; from whom purchased by George III, 1762
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Dark brown, red, blue, and white oil paint on paper
Measurements
26.8 x 38.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 3843Alternative title(s)
Figures before an altar