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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
St Margaret
Pen and brown ink, grey wash over red chalk, with touches of white body-colour | 38.0 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904147
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A drawing of St Margaret advancing towards the dragon, which she wards off with a cross, and an aspergillum in her raised hands. Inscribed: Carl. Marat...(cut off).
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: 'St.Margaret demolishing the Dragon')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink, grey wash over red chalk, with touches of white body-colour
Measurements
38.0 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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