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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The head of the Capitoline Homer
Black chalk on grey paper | 18.3 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904112
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The head of the Capitoline Homer
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A drawing after the head from the bust of the Capitoline Homer, viewed slightly from the right. The Royal Collection has eighteen drawings by Maratti and his studio, after antique sculpture (B(R) 373-392). Some of these are engraved in Jan de Bisschop's Signorum Veterum Icones, c.1672-89.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 107: amongst fourteen 'Study's of Heads')
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk on grey paper
Measurements
18.3 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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