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Follower of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64)
St Augustine encountering the Child on the Seashore c. 1660-1700
Dark brown and coloured oil paints on paper | 49.7 x 33.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904010
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A drawing of St Augustine, standing on a beach with a book under his arm as he addresses an infant who sits on the sand with a spoon in his right hand; with his left hand he points heavenward at a vision of Christ, supported between the knees of God the Father This is a free variant of Carlo Maratta's painting in S Maria dei Sette Dolori, Rome, executed c. 1655
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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Medium and techniques
Dark brown and coloured oil paints on paper
Measurements
49.7 x 33.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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