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Studio of Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The Apollo Belvedere c.1665-70
Red chalk | 28.7 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904380
Studio of Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
The Apollo Belvedere c.1665-70
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A studio drawing after the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican, viewed from the front. See also RCIN 904117.The Royal Collection has eighteen drawings by Maratti 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. 109: amongst fifteen studies 'From the Ancient Statues')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
28.7 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)
