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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Studies of two boys c. 1674
Red chalk, with touches of white, on grey-green paper | 37.5 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904130
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Studies of two boys c. 1674
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A drawing of two boys, and an ear. The main figure is a study for the kneeling boy in the foreground of the painting of The Agony of St Francis Xavier, in the church of the Gèsu, Rome. The other partly-rendered figure does not occur in the painting.
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)
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk, with touches of white, on grey-green paper
Measurements
37.5 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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