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Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A design for a ceiling decoration c. 1625-35
Red chalk | 19.2 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904206
Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A design for a ceiling decoration c. 1625-35
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A design for a ceiling decoration; a spreading acanthus pattern, with an oval and a rectangular panel, around which are satyrs and dogs. This is perhaps connected with the decoration of Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano. From the Maratta volumes.
Provenance
Probably Carlo Maratta, and thus purchased by Pope Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p. 108: 'Studies for various Pictures of Genii, and the remainder Ornaments')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
19.2 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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