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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Palazzo Farnese: details of the decoration
Red chalks on white paper | 28.0 x 14.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904393
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Palazzo Farnese: details of the decoration
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A drawing after a winged sphynx turned in profile to the right, from Annibale Carracci's fresco of the Galleria Farnese, Rome; with another decorative detail sketched below. See also RCIN 904187, 904205, 904212.
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 four 'Lyon's head's and Sphynx')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalks on white paper
Measurements
28.0 x 14.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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