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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The Coronation of Charlemagne: a head in profile to left c.1645-1713
Red chalk | 22.8 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904246
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The Coronation of Charlemagne: a head in profile to left c.1645-1713
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A drawing after the head of a bishop, turned in profile to the left; from Raphael's fresco of the Coronation of Charlemagne, Stanza dell'Incendio, Vatican, Rome. See also RCIN 904314.
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. 109: Tom. IV, 'Contains Forty two Drawings in Red Chalk, after the Paintings of Raphael in the Vatican at Rome')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
22.8 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)
